El-Desouky Ammar, Gail E. Gasparich, David G. Hall, Saskia A. Hogenhout (2011) CIL:12653, Insect host: Dalbulus maidis (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae), epithelial cell, bacteria. CIL. Dataset

Spiroplasmas are bacteria in the Class Mollicutes that are frequently associated with insects and/or plants. This confocal laser scanning micrographs show aggregates of symbiotic/ commensal spiroplasma-like organisms (SLOs) in the midgut (mg) and filter chamber (fc) of a leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis. Large accumulations of these SLOs (bright red areas, asterisks) were found in the gut lumen, but unlike the plant-pathogenic mollicutes, they did not seem to invade the gut epithelium or other tissues in their insect hosts. This image is related to Fig. 3 in Arch. Microbiol (2011) 193:35-44.

丝状螺旋体是隶属于 Mollicutes 纲的细菌，它们通常与昆虫或植物密切相关。本项共聚焦激光扫描显微镜图像展示了叶蝉 Dalbulus maidis 中肠（mg）和过滤器室（fc）内共生/共栖的螺旋体样生物（SLOs）的聚集。在这些SLOs的大量积累区域（亮红色区域，星号所示）位于肠腔内，然而，与植物病原性 mollicutes 不同，它们似乎并未侵入其昆虫宿主的肠上皮或其他组织。此图像与《Arch. Microbiol》（2011）第193卷第35-44页的图3相关。