Accession Number:

AD0839361

Title:

SOMETHING ABOUT THE SYMBIONTS OF MOSQUITOES

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Verderol Arnal, Antonio

Report Date:

1968-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

Mosquitoes which have just sucked blood have a diluted abdomen which can be observed in a sagittal cut. The zones of the intestines are more altered than others where the red blood cells have hemolyzed. In these zones of hemolysis, a profusion of bacillary bacteria were noted on occasion, lumped together and also forming chains. The erythrocytes situated in the vicinity of the groups of bacteria were hemolyzed, while leucocytes were unaltered. It is concluded that the bacteria are there to cause hemolysis.

Descriptors:

• *CULICIDAE
• BACTERIA
• TRANSLATIONS
• SPAIN
• HEMOLYSIS
• INGESTION(PHYSIOLOGY)
• MORPHOLOGY(BIOLOGY)
• DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
• PARASITES
• BLOOD

Subject Categories:

• Anatomy and Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE