The Origin and In Situ identification of uncultured gut bacteria in fourth-instar larvae of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-48

  Lee, Albert H ^a   Hooper Bui, Linda ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Solenopsis invicta; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 84857865108     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v59i1.665     Document Type: Article

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