Identification of aerobic gut bacteria from the kala azar vector, Phlebotomus argentipes: A platform for potential paratransgenic manipulation of sand flies

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 881-886

  Hillesland, Heidi ^a   Read, Amber ^a   Subhadra, Bobban ^a   Hurwitz, Ivy ^a   McKelvey, Robin ^a   Ghosh, Kashinath ^b   Das, Pradeep ^c   Durvasula, Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BREVIBACTERIUM LINENS; COMMENSALISM; DISEASE CARRIER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; INDIA; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PARATRANSGENESIS; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SYMBIOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACTERIUM LINENS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ARGENTIPES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 57649205733     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.881     Document Type: Article

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