An attachment tip and pili-like structures in insect- and plant-pathogenic spiroplasmas of the class Mollicutes

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-105

  Ammar, El Desouky ^a   Fulton, Dave ^a   Bai, Xiaodong ^a   Meulia, Tea ^a   Hogenhout, Saskia A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn stunt spiroplasma; Dalbulus elimatus; Dalbulus gelbus; Leafhopper vector; Mycoplasma; Spiroplasma citri; Spiroplasma floricola; Spiroplasma kunkelii; Spiroplasma melliferum; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DALBULUS ELIMATUS; DALBULUS GELBUS; EPITHELIUM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT; INVAGINATION; MICROVILLUS; MIDGUT; MOLLICUTES; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA KUNKELII; SPIROPLASMA MELLIFERUM; STAINING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HEMIPTERA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROTOMY; NEGATIVE STAINING; SPIROPLASMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DALBULUS; DALBULUS ELIMATUS; DALBULUS GELBUS; INSECTA; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMATALES; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA CITRI; SPIROPLASMA FLORICOLA; SPIROPLASMA KUNKELII; SPIROPLASMA MELLIFERUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1242314830     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0630-8     Document Type: Article

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