A Wickerhamomyces anomalus killer strain in the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Cappelli, Alessia ^a   Ulissi, Ulisse ^a   Valzano, Matteo ^a   Damiani, Claudia ^a   Epis, Sara ^b   Gabrielli, Maria Gabriella ^a   Conti, Stefania ^c   Polonelli, Luciano ^c   Bandi, Claudio ^b   Favia, Guido ^a   Ricci, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; FUNGAL STRAIN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WICKERHAMOMYCES ANOMALUS; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; BUDDING YEAST; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MYCOTOXINS; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 84900436944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095988     Document Type: Article

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