Assessment of survival and body size variation of Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) as functions of "Candidatus Cardinium" (Bacteroidetes) infection status

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 6260-6263

  Morag, N ^a   Mullens, B A ^b   Gottlieb, Y ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT; BACTEROIDETES; BODY SIZES; DIPTERA; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE; WING LENGTHS;

ANTIBIOTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ANTHROPOMETRY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; BODY SIZE; ENDOSYMBIONT; FITNESS; FLY; INFECTIVITY; MATERNAL EFFECT; PERSISTENCE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDETES; BIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84885077672     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01793-13     Document Type: Article

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