Pathogenicity, host range and temperature tolerance of Crypticola clavulifera (Oomycetes: Lagenidiales) in the laboratory.
The Oomycete fungus Crypticola clavulifera was pathogenic for laboratory-reared and field-collected larval Diptera, including the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti, Ae. notoscriptus, Anopheles farauti No. 1 and 3, Culex annulirostris, Cx. quinquefasciatus and the chironomid midge Chironomus tepperi. Zoospores were produced in water held at 15, 20 and 25 degrees C and were pathogenic for Ae. aegypti larvae, but at 30 and 35 degrees C zoospores were not produced.
Army Malaria Research Unit, MILPO, Ingleburn, NSW, Australia.
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D000330:Aedes; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles; D002683:Chironomidae; D003465:Culex; D009033:Culicidae; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D009868:Oomycetes / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D013696:Temperature