Wild Florida house flies (Musca domestica) as carriers of pathogenic bacteria

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 218-223

  Butler, Jerry F ^a   Garcia Maruniak, Alejandra ^a   Meek, Frank ^b   Maruniak, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Orkin Exterminating Company Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequence; bacteria; fatty acid analysis. Escherichia coli 0157:H7

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; FATTY ACID; FLY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H-; HEXAPODA; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 77955080200     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.093.0211     Document Type: Article

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