Antimicrobial activity in the egg wax of the tick Amblyomma hebraeum (Acari: Ixodidae) is associated with free fatty acids C16:1 and C18:2

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 453-470

  Yu, Zhijun ^a   Thomson, Euan L S ^b   Liu, Jingze ^a   Dennis, Jonathan J ^b   Jacobs, René L ^b   Kaufman, W Reuben ^b  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amblyomma hebraeum; Antibiotic; Antimicrobial activity; Egg wax composition; Fatty acids; Gram negative bacteria; Gram positive bacteria; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FATTY ACID; WAX;

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EGG; EXTRACTION METHOD; FATTY ACID; INHIBITOR; METABOLITE; TICK; WAX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IXODIDAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COMPLEX MIXTURES; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; IXODIDAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; OVUM; WAXES;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84868613989     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-012-9586-1     Document Type: Article

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