Skin-associated Bacillus, staphylococcal and micrococcal species from the house dust mite, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and bacteriolytic enzymes

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 431-447

  Tang, Vivian H ^a   Chang, Barbara J ^a   Srinivasan, Ambuja ^a   Mathaba, Leslie T ^a   Harnett, Gerald B ^b   Stewart, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Bacteriolytic enzymes; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; House dust; Micrococcus; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIOLOGY; COLONY; DUST; ENZYME; MITE;

ACARI; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; POSIBACTERIA; PYROGLYPHIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SKIN;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; HUMANS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SKIN;

EID: 84886748252     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-013-9712-8     Document Type: Article

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