TABLE 3.
Transmission of S. citri GII-3, GII3-9a2, and GII3-9a5 through Parafilm membranes
| Expt | Strain | Spiroplasma titer in insects (CFU/insect) | No. of caged insects | No. of cages with positive culture/total | Spiroplasmas inoculated into medium
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| CFU | CFU/insecta | |||||
| 1 | GII-3 | 1.6 × 106 | 40 | 8/8 | 891 | 22 |
| GII3-9a2 | 1.1 × 106 | 50 | 3/10 | 11 | 0.2 | |
| GII3-9a5 | 1.5 × 106 | 50 | 3/10 | 19 | 0.4 | |
| 2 | GII-3 | 9 × 105 | 19 | 4/4 | 358 | 19 |
| GII3-9a2 | 1.9 × 106 | 20 | 1/4 | 2 | 0.1 | |
a
Ratio of total number of CFU to total number of insects fed in the cages.