Larvae of the parasitoid wasp Ampulex compressa sanitize their host, the American cockroach, with a blend of antimicrobials

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1369-1374

  Herzner, Gudrun ^a   Schlecht, Anja ^a   Dollhofer, Veronika ^a   Parzefall, Christopher ^a   Harrar, Klaus ^a   Kreuzer, Andreas ^a   Pilsl, Ludwig ^a   Ruther, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GAMMA LACTONE DERIVATIVE; HEXANE; ISOCOUMARIN DERIVATIVE;

AMPULEX COMPRESSA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS; WASP;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; ISOCOUMARINS; LACTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIPLANETA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS; WASPS;

AMPULEX COMPRESSA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; NEGIBACTERIA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; POSIBACTERIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS;

EID: 84872873145     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213384110     Document Type: Article

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