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Science 21 December 1973:
Vol. 182. no. 4118, pp. 1251 - 1253
DOI: 10.1126/science.182.4118.1251
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Spiroplasmas and Acholeplasmas: Multiplication in Insects

R. F. Whitcomb 1, J. G. Tully 2, J. M. Bové 3, and P. Saglio 3

1 U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Plant Protection Institute, Beltsville, Maryland 20705
2 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20014
3 Station de Physiologie et de Biochimie Végétales, Centre de Recherches de Bordeaux, Institut National de la Recherche Argonomique, 33, Pont-de-le Maye, France

The helical wall-free microorganism, Spiroplasma citri, which is associated with citrus stubborn, a disease with no known vector, multiplied in the leafhopper vector of corn stunt but multiplied to higher titer in the vector of aster yellows and decreased the longevity of that insect. Acholeplasma laidlawii and A. granularum also multiplied in both leafhoppers.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Corn Stunt Spiroplasma: Isolation, Cultivation, and Proof of Pathogenicity.
T. A. Chen and C. H. Liao (1975)
Science 188, 1015-1017
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Plant Mycoplasmas: A Cultivable Spiroplasma Causes Corn Stunt Disease.
D. L. Williamson and R. F. Whitcomb (1975)
Science 188, 1018-1020
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