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Periplaneta

(per'i-pla-nē'tă),
A genus of large cockroaches including several cosmopolitan household pests found wherever food is available, especially in moist protected areas. Periplaneta americana (American cockroach), a very large brownish-chestnut species, 30-40 mm long, is probably native to Africa but now universally distributed; Periplaneta fuliginosa (the smoky-brown cockroach) is a common household pest in the eastern and southeastern U.S.
[peri- + G. planētēs, a roamer]
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This study was aimed to check the response of bacterial isolates from Periplaneta americana towards auto aggregation and biofilm formation for evaluating their colonization potential.
The relative expression levels of the PaRPS23 in different tagmata of adult Periplaneta americana (bar graph represents Mean [+ or -] SE; P < 0.05, LSD in ANOVA).
Evaluacion de la toxicidad de acetogeninas annonaceas sobre ninfas de Periplaneta americana L.
Zhukovskaya, "Circadian rhythm of sex pheromone perception in the male American cockroach, Periplaneta americana L," Journal of Insect Physiology, vol.
Chew, "Identification and characterization of Per a 2, the Bla g 2 allergen homologue from American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)," Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, vol.
& RIBEIRO, PB., 2001.--Desenvolvimento e longevidade de Periplaneta americana Linneu, 1758 (Blattodea: Blattidae).
Mongeau and Brian McRae, an undergraduate bioengineering major, analyzed the mechanics of the ninja-like maneuver and discovered that the cockroach, an American cockroach (Periplaneta americana), wasn't merely falling over the ledge.
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