Morphology and ultrastructure of the bacterial receptacle in Steinernema nematodes (Nematoda: Steinernematidae)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 366-374

  Kim, Sam Kyu ^a   Flores Lara, Yolanda ^a   Patricia Stock, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial receptacle; DIC microscopy; Interspecific variation; Morphology; Steinernema; TEM; Ultrastructure; Xenorhabdus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROVILLUS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHABDITIDA; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENORHABDUS;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROVILLI; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RHABDITIDA; SYMBIOSIS; XENORHABDUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA DIAPREPESI; STEINERNEMA MONTICOLUM; STEINERNEMA RARUM; STEINERNEMA RIOBRAVE; STEINERNEMATIDAE; XENORHABDUS;

EID: 84861932902     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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