Identifying triatomine symbiont Rhodococcus rhodnii as intestinal bacteria from Rhodnius ecuadoriensis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) laboratory insects

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 34-37

  Rodríguez, Janeth ^a   Pavía, Paula ^a   Montilla, Marleny ^b   Puerta, Concepción J ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Rhodnius ecuadoriensis; Rhodococcus rhodnii

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; NOCARDIACEAE; POSIBACTERIA; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS ECUADORIENSIS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODNII;

EID: 79960203730     PISSN: 17427584     EISSN: 17427592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742758411000014     Document Type: Article

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