Identification of bacterial species in the hemolymph of queen solenopsis invicta (hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1360-1364

  Tufts, Danielle M ^a   Bextine, Blake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial interaction; Biological control; Insect symbiont

Indexed keywords

ANT; BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PEST SPECIES; QUEEN;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OVARY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BACILLUS; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; OVARY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 76649083858     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0502     Document Type: Article

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