PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL INFLUENCES OF THE HETERORHABDITIS-BACTERIOPHORA COMPLEX ON 7TH-INSTAR LARVAE OF THE GREATER WAX MOTH, GALLERIA-MELLONELLA - CHANGES IN THE HEMOLYMPH REFRACTIVE-INDEX

被引:9
作者
MILSTEAD, JE
机构
[1] Department of Entomology and Acarology, University of California, Berkeley
关键词
Galleria mellonella; hemolymph refractive index; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora;
D O I
10.1016/0022-2011(79)90026-0
中图分类号
Q95 [动物学];
学科分类号
071002 ;
摘要
Shortly after penetration into the hemocoel of seventh-instar larva of Galleria mellouella, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora begins feeding upon the fat body. Disruption of the organ is associated with an increase in turbidity and hemolymph refractive index. Intrahemocoelic injection of the associated bacterium alone results in a depression of the refractive index. © 1979.
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