The isolation of spiroplasmas from mosquitoes in Macon County, Alabama.
During the summer months of 1985, 1,298 adult mosquitoes comprising 21 species and 7 genera were collected in Macon County, Alabama. Mosquitoes were collected from four sections of the county with CO2-baited light traps. Spiroplasma cultures were isolated from two pools of 24 and 25 Aedes fulvus pallens, one pool of 22 Anopheles punctipennis and one pool of 7 Culex nigripalpus. Electron microscopic studies of the isolates revealed helical, wall-less cells.
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George Washington Carver Agricultural Experiment Station, Carver Research Foundation of Tuskegee University, AL 36088.
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D000407:Alabama; D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D013149:Spiroplasma / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure