Infectivity of Serratia marcescens (Eubacteriales: Enterobacteriaceae) in Stomoxys calcitrans (Diptera: Muscidae).
Serratia marcescens Bizio, a facultative pathogen of insects, was isolated from stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.), collected from Nebraska beef cattle feedlots and dairies. Infection rates in laboratory-reared stable flies infected by topical exposures to the bacterium were 57 and 64% in two experiments. Per os exposures to sucrose and water solutions, and bovine blood inoculated with S. marcescens, produced mortality rates of about 45 and 10%, respectively.
Watson
D W
DW
USDA-ARS, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 68583.
Petersen
J J
JJ
D000818:Animals; D009117:Muscidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D012706:Serratia marcescens / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*