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Pseudomonas aeruginosa cause epidemic disease in the milkweed bug,Oncopeltus fasciatus dallas (Insecta, Heteroptera)

A. Dorn

subject

PharmacologyFat bodybiologyPseudomonas aeruginosaHeteropteraCell Biologybiology.organism_classificationmedicine.disease_causeBreedMicrobiologyCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceCausative organismmedicineMolecular MedicineEpidemic diseaseMolecular Biology

description

Pseudomonas aeruginosa was recognized as the causative organism of an epidemic disease occurring in a laboratory breed ofOncopeltus fasciatus. The infection probably occurs peroral and is favoured by high temperature and humidity.Pseudomonas aeruginosa destroys the fat body of the bug.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01990185