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Pathogens Read Ch 6
Insect Pathogens
Bacteria
Viruses
Fungi
Nematodes
Protozoa
Vertebrate viruses
Bacteria
P. rapae
feeding and
frass
Bacillus thuringiensis cells contain a toxin crystal, a spore for
passing unfavorable conditions, and the genome.
P. rapae
feeding and
frass
Scarabeid larvae infected (on right) with Paenibacillus popilliae vs. a
normal grub (right), the cause of milky spore disease in scarabs
P. rapae
feeding and
frass
Fungi
Virus-killed
caterpillars show
typical head down
position, allowing
virus to drip from
cadaver onto foliage
Virus
bodies Codling moth virus
is a granulosis type
virus
Important contaminants in
importation projects
Microsporidia (Nosema sp.) spores in midgut
of cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni)
Nematodes
stylet
Viral pathogens of vertebrates
rabbit index
Biology of Insect Pathogens
stylet
Musca domestica female on left is infected with nematode;
note swollen abdomen (nematodes in ovaries).
Fly on right is uninfected.
stylet
Normal fly
Infected fly
Swollen
abdomen
Effect of nematode (Paraiotonchium muscadomesticae)
on ovaries of house flies
Ovary of
Ovary of healthy fly
infected fly
Nematodes (Paraiotonchium muscadomesticae)
emerging from infected house fly ovary
Host Pentration
spore
Germination tube
(= penetration hypha)
Penetration hyphae use enzymes to chemically digest
cuticle and then hydrostatic pressure to break through
inside
Encysted oospores-purple
Host integument
cyst
Germ tube
Nematodes penetrate host integument with a stylet
stylet
Encysted oospores-purple
Channel of stylet
Reproduction in host
Channel of stylet
Symbiotic bacteria
Channel of stylet
Exiting the host
ChannelConidospores
of stylet
Hyphae on exit hyphae
growing
out of cadaver
Outline of
host cadaver
Moldy appearance of dead caterpillar is caused by
overgrowth of outside of body by exit hyphae, produced by
the mycelium inside of the cadaver
Channel of stylet
Channel of stylet
Hyphae crossing
integument
Outside
insect
Channel of stylet
The role of the exit hyphae is to provide a means of
ejecting spores (conidiospores) into the air. Here, we see a
Entomophthora sp. spore halo around a dead Plutella
larva. Halo is shaped by discharge radius of spore ejection.
Channel of stylet
Underwater zoospore discharge by water molds
water
Discharge
tubes Channel of stylet
cadaver
Channel of stylet
cadaver
Before exiting the host cell baculoviruses must get
“dressed” for the weather. Viruses get coated by protein
and form occlusion bodies that provide uv protection
Channel of stylet
Channel of stylet