An entomopathogenic Caenorhabditis briggsae

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3223-3229

  Abebe, Eyualem ^a   Jumba, Miriam ^b   Bonner, Kaitlin ^c   Gray, Vince ^b   Morris, Krystalynne ^c   Thomas, W Kelley ^c  

^a ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Caenorhabditis briggsae; Insect parasite; Nematode; Nematode bacterial association; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; INSECT; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; SERRATIA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS; ECOLOGY; INSECTS; PHYLOGENY; SERRATIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HEXAPODA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA SP.;

EID: 77956366458     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.043109     Document Type: Article

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