Contributions of gut bacteria to Bacillus thuringiensis-induced mortality vary across a range of Lepidoptera

BMC Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Broderick, Nichole A ^a   Robinson, Courtney J ^a   McMahon, Matthew D ^a   Holt, Jonathan ^a   Handelsman, Jo ^a   Raffa, Kenneth F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; STREPTOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GYPSY MOTH; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; INGESTION; INSECT; INTESTINE FLORA; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA; PIERIS RAPAE; VANESSA CARDUI; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER SP.; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; MANDUCA SEXTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA; PIERIS RAPAE; VANESSA CARDUI;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ENTEROBACTER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LEPIDOPTERA; MORTALITY;

EID: 62249135227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-7-11     Document Type: Article

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