Evaluation of Salmonella movement through the gut of the lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 287-292

  Zheng, Longyu ^a,b   Crippen, Tawni L ^c   Sheffield, Cynthia L ^c   Poole, Toni L ^c   Yu, Ziniu ^a   Tomberlin, Jeffrey K ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alphitobius diaperinus; Bacteria; Darkling beetle; Gut transit time; Lesser mealworm; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ALPHITOBIUS DIAPERINUS; ARTICLE; COLEOPTERA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FECES; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISINFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TIME FACTORS;

ALPHITOBIUS DIAPERINUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 84859523811     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0613     Document Type: Article

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