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Some Micro-organisms Associated with the Weevils Sitophilus granarius (L) and Sitophilus oryza (L).: I Distribution and Description of the Organisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

A. J. Musgrave  and
J. J. Miller
A. J. Musgrave
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology and Zoology, Ontario Agricultural College.
J. J. Miller
Affiliation:
Deparhent of Botany, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
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It has been generally accepted by insect microbiologists and physiologists that many insects harbour beneficial micro-organisms. The contributions of Buchner (1933), Glaser (1946), Jeanne1 (1949), Steinhaus (1946), Wigglesworth (1950) and Woodward (1949) are relevant. Some experimental evidence has been contributed by Aschner 1935, Blewett and Fraenkel (1944), and Brecher and Wigglesworth (1944). It seems that the micro-organisms may sometimes supply the host with vitamins of the B group. (Blewett and Fraenkel). Many species of insects have special organs, called mycetomes, whose chief function seems to be the housing of micro-organisms. Furthermore it has been suggested that special arrangements exist for the transference of micro-organisms from one generation of insects to the next. (Mansour, 1935; Murray and Tiegs, 1935; and Woodward 1949).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 85 , Issue 10 , October 1953 , pp. 387 - 390
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1953

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