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Rickettsia‐like organisms in Cryptococcus fagisuga on beech
Author(s) -
Parameswaran N.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
european journal of forest pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1439-0329
pISSN - 0300-1237
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0329.1983.tb00139.x
Subject(s) - beech , cryptococcus , biology , insect , cryptococcus neoformans , scale insect , microbiology and biotechnology , zoology , botany , hemiptera
The occurrence and fine structural characteristics of rickettsia‐like organisms in the body of the beech scale insect, Cryptococcus fagisuga , are described; these are related to endosymbionts. A search for the presence of mycoplasma‐like organisms in this insect yielded negative results.