Ecological consequences of ingestion of Bacillus cereus on Bacillus thuringiensis infections and on the gut flora of a lepidopteran host

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-111

  Raymond, Ben ^a   Lijek, Rebeccah S ^a   Griffiths, Robert I ^b   Bonsall, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Bt; Competition; Microbial diversity; Mixed infection; Population density; Synergistic interaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SPORE; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLACEAE INFECTIONS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MOTHS; PESTICIDE SYNERGISTS; REPRODUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER SP.; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLIDAE;

EID: 49849097250     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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