MORTALITY IN ADULT TSETSE, GLOSSINA-MORSITANS MORSITANS, CAUSED BY ENTOMOPATHOGENIC BACTERIA
MORTALITY IN ADULT TSETSE, GLOSSINA-MORSITANS MORSITANS, CAUSED BY ENTOMOPATHOGENIC BACTERIA
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-2011(89)90136-5
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发表时间:
1989-07-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
DARJI, N
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作者:
KAAYA, GP;DARJI, N
Mortality in adult tsetse, Glossina morsitans morsitans, caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Serratia marcescens, Bacillus sphaericus, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus thuringienss H-14, B. thuringiensis 1, B. thuringiensis 5, B. thuringiensis var. insraelensis, and Providentia rettgeri was determined. When bacteria were smeared on rabbit skin and tsetse allowed to feed only once on the contaminated area, mortality 8 days postingestion was significantly higher (P < 0.01) in tsetse fed on P. aeruginosa, S. marcescens. B. thuringiensis 1, and P. rettgeri was increased when tsetse were allowed to feed for the second time on the contaminated skin. With this smear technique, however, mortalities were generally not remarkable. In artificial membrane feeding experiments using low concentrations of bacteria (-106.ml of blood), the B. thuringiensis strains caused low mortality, except B. thuringiensis H-14, which caused 59% mortality. However, at this concentration, P. aeruginosa, S. marcescens, B. cereus, and P. rettgeri caused highly significant (P < 0.01) mortality (64-96%). When higher concentrations of bacteria (107/ml) were used, all the bacteria tested, except B. sphaericus, caused high mortality ranging from 70 to 98%. Thus, mortality depended on the species of bacteria, the dose ingested, and time postingestion.