Virulence of entomopathogenic bacteria Xenorhabdus bovienii and Photorhabdus luminescens against Galleria mellonella larvae

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 543-548

  Rahoo, Ali Murad ^a   Mukhtar, Tariq ^a   Gowen, Simon R ^a   Pembroke, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entomopathogenic bacteria; Galleria mellonella; Photorhabdus luminescens; Xenorhabdus bovienii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LARVA; MORTALITY; MOTH; TOXICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLERIA MELLONELLA; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS BOVIENII;

EID: 79751495059     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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