Characterization and identification of proteolytic bacteria from the gut of the velvetbean caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1078-1085

  Visotto L E ^a   Oliveira, M G A ^a   Ribon, A O B ^a   Mares Guia, T R ^b   Guedes, R N C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacteria symbionts; Pest control; Protease inhibitor; Proteases

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; RNA 16S;

AGAR; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CATERPILLAR; CROP PEST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; HOST PLANT; ISOLATED POPULATION; PEST CONTROL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOYBEAN; SYMBIONT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LARVA; MOTHS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SYMBIOSIS;

ANTICARSIA GEMMATALIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS MUNDTII; GLYCINE MAX; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 69849091787     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0415     Document Type: Article

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