title: Age dependence of salivary bacteriolytic activity in adult mosquitoes.
abstract: 1. Bacteriolytic activity in the salivary glands of adult Aedes aegypti female mosquitoes starts from a low level upon emergence, increases 6-fold over the first 3 days, then levels off. 2. Mosquitoes start sugar-feeding after 2 days, when lytic activity is one-half of the peak level. 3. Bacteriolytic activity in salivary gland extracts is not influenced by removal of corpora allata.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-2907.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Pimentel
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Rossignol
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001433:Bacteriolysis / Q000502:physiology*; D002241:Carbohydrates; D003335:Corpora Allata / Q000502:physiology; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates