Testing protozoacidal activity of ligand-lytic peptides against termite gut protozoa in vitro (Protozoa Culture) and in vivo (Microinjection into Termite Hindgut)

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 46, 2010, Pages

  Husseneder, Claudia ^a   Sethi, Amit ^a   Foil, Lane ^a   Delatte, Jennifer ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Coptotermes formosanus; Fluorescence; Formosan subterranean termite; Isoptera; Issue 46; Microbiology; Paratransgenesis; Symbionts; Termite control

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055104971     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2190     Document Type: Article

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