Differential antimicrobial activity in response to the entomopathogenic fungus Cordyceps in six Australian bee species

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-149

  Stow, Adam ^a   Turnbull, Christine ^a   Gillings, Michael ^a   Smith, Shannon ^a   Holley, Marita ^a   Silberbauer, Letitia ^a   Wilson, Peter D ^a   Briscoe, David ^a   Beattie, Andrew ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bee; Cordyceps; Evolution; Pathogen; Sociality

Indexed keywords

AMEGILLA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORDYCEPS; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; EXONEURA ROBUSTA; EXONEURELLA TRIDENTATA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; TRIGONA CARBONARIA;

EID: 77954092214     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2010.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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