Manipulation of the microbiota of mass-reared Mediterranean fruit flies Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) improves sterile male sexual performance

ISME Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-37

  Ben Ami, Eyal ^a   Yuval, Boaz ^a   Jurkevitch, Edouard ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gut microbiology; Medfly; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HEXAPODA; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 73449127933     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.82     Document Type: Article

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