Inhibition of Metarhizium anisopliae in the alimentary tract of the eastern subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-136

  Chouvenc, Thomas ^a   Su, Nan Yao ^a   Robert, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Disease resistance; Gut; Metarhizium; Termite

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GROOMING; HISTOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GROOMING; IMMUNITY, INNATE; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FUNGI; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES;

EID: 67349273618     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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