Effect of neoaplectanid and heterorhabitid nematodes (Nematoda: Rhabditoidea) on the millipede Oxidus gracilis |
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Authors: | George O Poinar GM Thomas |
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Institution: | Department of Entomological Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 USA |
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Abstract: | At high dosages, infective-stage juveniles of Neoaplectana carpocapsae and Heterorhabditis heliothidis were able to penetrate into and kill the garden millipede. Nematode development was inhibited by host defense reactions which consisted of encapsulation and enmeshment in tracheoles and connective tissue surrounding the millipede's midgut. Foreign bacteria quickly entered the millipede's hemocoel at death and out-competed the nematode's symbiotic bacteria, Xenorhabdus sp. The dauer stages of an unidentified rhabditid nematode were associated with the living millipede. These nematodes reproduced on the millipede's cadaver. |
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Keywords: | Millipede Neoaplectana carpocapsae nematodes defense reaction |
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