Microbiological control of ticks.

Autor: Ali FS, Abdel-Moneim AA, el-Dahtory TA, Safwat MS, Abdallah AR
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Zentralblatt fur Mikrobiologie [Zentralbl Mikrobiol] 1986; Vol. 141 (1), pp. 67-70.
Abstrakt: Twelve isolates (9 spore-forming bacteria and 3 fungi) were obtained from a dead adult tick (female) that had failed to lay eggs. There were different internal changes in the tick's eggs, caused by inoculation with these isolates. Such changes differed according to the type of microorganisms under study. However, fungi were more effective than spore-forming bacteria in decreasing hatching percentage of tick's eggs at 28 degrees C. Generally, inoculation with these isolates decreased the longevity of unfed larvae of ticks.
Databáze: MEDLINE