Infection of Tribolium castaneum with Bacillus thuringiensis: Quantification of bacterial replication within cadavers, transmission via cannibalism, and inhibition of spore germination

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 8135-8144

  Milutinović, Barbara ^a,b   Höfling, Christina ^a,c   Futo, Momir ^a   Scharsack, Jörn P ^a   Kurtz, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CULTIVATION; PATHOGENS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL REPLICATION; BACTERIAL STOCKS; INSECT PATHOGENS; NUTRIENT MEDIUM; RED FLOUR BEETLES; SPORE GERMINATION; VEGETATIVE CELLS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; BEETLE; CANNIBALISM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMINATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INHIBITION; LARVA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPORE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CADAVER; CANNIBALISM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; CADAVER; CANNIBALISM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; LARVA; MICROSPHERES; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 84946053392     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02051-15     Document Type: Article

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