Symbiotic streptomycetes in antennal glands of the South American digger wasp genus Trachypus (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 196-200

  Kaltenpoth, Martin ^a,b   Schmitt, Thomas ^c   Polidori, Carlo ^d   Koedam, Dirk ^e   Strohm, Erhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

'Candidatus streptomyces philanthi'; Antennal gland; Crabronidae; Defensive symbiosis; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Mutualism; Philanthus; Trachypus

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIONT; WASP;

EID: 79952622327     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2010.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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