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The Journal of Heredity 1979:70(3):211-213
© 1979 The American Genetic Association 70:211-213

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Non-male-killing spiroplasmas in Drosophila hydei

T. OTA, M. KAWABE, K. OISHI, and D. F. POULSON

Drs. Ota, Kawabe, and Oishi, are affiliated with the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657, Japan;
Dr. Poulson with the Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520

All correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Oishi. Address until September 1979: Department of Biology, Kline Biology Tower, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520

Abstract

Spiroplasmas were found in the hemolymph of Drosophila hydei collected at. Ito, Japan. These organisms are transmitted through maternal lines efficiently and without any apparent pathological effects. They are morphologically indistinguishable from the SR-spiroplasmas of Drosophila that have so far been found only in association with some neotropical flies belonging to the willistoni species group and that cause male-specific lethality in host flies. These hydei organisms can be distinguished from the SR-spiroplasmas by the clumping reaction. The hydei spiroplasmas can be infected and lysed by an SR-spiroplasma virus, spy-1. In turn, they have their own virus that can infect and multiply in some SR-spiroplasmas.


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