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Science 2 July 1982:
Vol. 217. no. 4554, pp. 57 - 59
DOI: 10.1126/science.217.4554.57
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Spiroplasmas: Diversity of Arthropod Reservoirs and Host-Parasite Relationships

TRUMAN B. CLARK 1

1 Insect Pathology Laboratory, Plant Protection Institute, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland 20705

Spiroplasmas were found in 11 new insect hosts representing four orders: Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, Diptera, and Coleoptera. Three of the new spiroplasmas were serologically distinct from all existing groups or subgroups. A spiroplasma that infects digestive tracts of Colorado potato beetles may be transmitted to uninfected insects that feed on contaminated plants. This simple type of spiroplasma-insect relationship may explain a growing list of isolations of spiroplasmas and other wall-less prokaryotes from plant surfaces.

Submitted on November 4, 1981
Revised on February 5, 1982


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