HETERORHABDITIS-BACTERIOPHORA AS A VECTOR FOR INTRODUCING ITS ASSOCIATED BACTERIUM INTO THE HEMOCELE OF GALLERIA-MELLONELLA LARVAE

被引:31
作者
MILSTEAD, JE
机构
[1] Department of Entomology and Acarology, University of California, Berkeley
关键词
Galleria mellonella; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; vector;
D O I
10.1016/0022-2011(79)90033-8
中图分类号
Q95 [动物学];
学科分类号
071002 ;
摘要
The nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora serves as a vector enabling its bacterial associate to reach the hemocoel of its host, the seventh-instar larva of Galleria mellonella. At 28.5°C, the LD50s of the orally introduced nematode-bacterial complex and the intrahemocoelically injected bacteria are three to six nematodes and one to two cells, respectively. © 1979.
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