Persistent infection of Malacosoma disstria (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) cell cultures with Nosema (Glugea) disstriae (Microsporida: Nosematidae)
- 1 March 1976
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 54 (3) , 336-342
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z76-037
Abstract
Cell lines were developed from hemocytes and ovarian tissues of Malacosoma disstria larvae that were naturally infected with Nosema disstriae. The infection was carried over into the cell cultures. N. disstriae disappeared from the ovarian cultures after several passages in vitro involving a period of more than 2 years, but hemocyte cultures are still infected after 6 years (199 passages). The spores produced in cell cultures were infectious for M. disstria larvae.Keywords
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