| design, development, and use of molecular primers and probes for the detection of gluconacetobacter species in the pink sugarcane mealybug. | molecular tools for the species-specific detection of gluconacetobacter sacchari, gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus, and gluconacetobacter liquefaciens from the pink sugarcane mealybug (psmb) saccharicoccus sacchari cockerell (homiptera: pseudococcidae) were developed and used in polymerase chain reactions (pcr) and in fluorescence in situ hybridizations (fish) to better understand the microbial diversity and the numerical significance of the acetic acid bacteria in the psmb microenvironment. the ... | 2005 | 16047097 |