A novel technique for feeding and confirming uptake of bacteria in larvae of the southern house mosquito, culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 577-583

  Geavgaard, Jonathan C ^a   Turnbull, Matthew W ^a   McNealy, Tamara L ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biofilms; Culex; GFP; mosquito; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BUTTERFLY; COLONY; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE VECTOR; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOSQUITO; NEMATODE; ORGANIC MATTER; PATHOGEN; PERSISTENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; NEMATODA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 78651391120     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.093.0416     Document Type: Article

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