ATTEMPT TO CULTIVATE RICKETTSIELLA-PHYTOSEIULI IN DERMACENTOR-RETICULATUS TICKS - AN ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC STUDY

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  • 1 January 1988
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 32  (1) , 86-+
Abstract
Rickettsiella phytoseiuli occurring in Phytoseiulus persimilis mites was cultivated in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks. Rickettsiella multiplied similarly as in mites exerting all six developmental stages: dense, intermediate, bacterial, giant, crystal-forming and small dark particles.