Bacterial flora as indicated by PCR-temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TGGE) of 16S rDNA gene fragments from isolated guts of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages

  Guernaoui, S ^a   Garcia, D ^a   Gazanion, E ^a   Ouhdouch, Y ^b   Boumezzough, A ^b   Pesson, B ^c   Fontenille, D ^a   Sereno, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Gut; Phlebotomine sand flies; Temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TGGE)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); DIPTERA; MICROBACTERIUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS DUBOSCQI; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PSYCHODIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIUM;

EID: 79952169011     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2011.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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