Tabanid spiroplasmas of the southeast USA: new groups, and correlation with host life strategy

Publication Type:Conference Proceedings
Year of Conference:1990
Authors:French,F,E,, Whitcomb,R,F,, Tully,J,G,, Hackett,K,J,, Clark, E. A., Henegar, R. B., Wagner, A. G., Rose, D. L.
Editor:G. Stanek, Cassell, G. H., Tully, J. G., Whitcomb, R. F.
Conference Name:Recent advances in mycoplasmology. Proceedings of the 7th Congress of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology, Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Supplement 20
Pagination:919-921
Date Published:1990
Conference Location:Baden near Vienna
Keywords:Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tabanidae, Tabanus abdominalis, Tabanus atratus, Tabanus limbatinevris, Tabanus lineola, Tabanus sulcifrons, USA
Abstract:

During 1986 and 1987, 50/139 Tabanidae collected in Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina and Pennsylvania were found to be infected with spiroplasmas. As determined by microscopic examination of host fluids, 13 of these spiroplasmas were not cultivable. Most cultivable spiroplasmas were isolated rom the gut, rather than the blood, of the host. Strains that differed from all 23 known groups were isolated from the Tabanus abdominalis/limbatinevris group, T. atratus, T. lineola and T. sulcifrons. No attempts were made to isolate mollicutes from tabanid larvae, but it is suggested that larvae (the overwintering stage of tabanids) may be susceptible to infection. A checklist of tabanid species, locality, spiroplasma carriage and group of spiroplasma represented is provided.
Taxonomic name: 
Tabanidae (Taxonomy)
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