TABLE 1.

Survival of S. negevensis in cysts of A. polyphaga as a function of time^a

Time (days)	Infectivity (% of initial) at:
	Room temp	4°C
0	2.5 × 106 (100)	2.5 × 106 (100)
21	2.13 × 106 (85)	2.6 × 106 (100)
48	2.23 × 106 (89)	NDb
79	ND	1.4 × 106 (56)
148	7.75 × 103 (0.3)	8.6 × 103 (0.3)

^aResults of a representative experiment are shown. Other experiments gave similar results, but the longest time point has not yet been repeated. 

^bND, not determined.