In vitro infection of Wolbachia in insect cell lines

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 519-525

  Furukawa, Seiichi ^a   Tanaka, Kohjiro ^b   Fukatsu, Takema ^b   Sasaki, Tetsuhiko ^a  

^a TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

In vitro culture; Infection density; Insect cell lines; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CADRA CAUTELLA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 65549147539     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2008.519     Document Type: Article

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