数据库名称：Dung beetle database
数据库简述：
所属国家/地区：South Africa
数据库主要信息：The dung beetle E. intermedius, a member of the highly diverse order, Coleoptera has immense economic benefits. It was estimated that insect ecological services in the United States amounted to some $60 billion in 2006 with dung beetles being major contributors. E. intermedius may be endowed with a robust immune system given its microbe-rich habitat. Dung beetles live on juice and microbes from the dung and are therefore, potential models for the study of infectious agents and ecological damage. The E. intermedius database is a web-based system for the genome and transcriptome of the dung beetle. The database will be expanded to include differentially expressed genes in response o various stresses especially infectious agents such as fungi, bacteria and viruses.
建立年份：2008
联系信息：Contact information
University/Institution:
University of the Witwatersrand
Address:
City:
Province/State:
Country/Region:
South Africa
Contact name (PI/Team):
Monde Ntwasa
Contact email (PI/Helpdesk):
monde.ntwasa@wits.ac.za
