Effect of host tree species on cellulase activity and bacterial community composition in the gut of larval asian longhorned beetle

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 686-699

  Geib, Scott M ^a   Jimenez Gasco, Maria Del Mar ^a   Carlson, John E ^a,b   Tien, Ming ^a   Hoover, Kelli ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoplophora glabripennis; Culture independent community analysis; Gut microbiota; Host tree resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMACH CONTENT;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; ACTINOBACTERIA; ANOPLOPHORA GLABRIPENNIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; COLEOPTERA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HEXAPODA; PYRUS; PYRUS CALLERYANA; QUERCUS PALUSTRIS;

CELLULASE;

ACER; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OAK; PARASITOLOGY; PEAR; TREE;

ACER; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CELLULASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LARVA; PYRUS; QUERCUS; TREES;

EID: 68049110286     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0320     Document Type: Article

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