Awell protected intruder: The effective antimicrobial defense of the invasive ladybird harmonia axyridis

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1180-1188

  Gross, Jürgen ^a   Eben, Astrid ^a,b   Müller, Ina ^a   Wensing, Annette ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

(+) Alpha Pinene; Antifungal Activity; Coccinella septempunctata; Coleoptera Introduction; Harmonia axyridis; Headspace; Lysozyme. Benzaldehyde; Minimal Inhibitory Concentration; Phenol

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BEETLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONOTERPENE; PHENOL; THAWING; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; YEAST;

CENTRAL ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; FAR EAST;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS; HEXAPODA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BEETLES; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78549257046     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9867-2     Document Type: Article

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