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Volume 21, Number 2—February 2015
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Lagenidium giganteum Pathogenicity in Mammals

Raquel Vilela, John W. Taylor1, Edward D. Walker1, and Leonel MendozaComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA (R. Vilela, E.D. Walker, L. Mendoza); Universidade Federal do Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (R. Vilela); University of California, Berkeley, California, USA (J.W. Taylor)

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Figure 5

Morphologic features of isolates of Lagenidium giganteum mosquito control agent and L. giganteum mold from mammals. A) Phenotypic features in culture of the mammalian pathogen (ATCCMYA-4933, type strain) and (D) the biological control (ATCC 36492). The development of spherical and ovoid 40- to 170-μm swelling segments (B, C, E, F) was the main feature of both mammalian and biocontrol strains. (G) A tubular body developed from an unseen segmented sporangium form a vesicle enclosing numerous zoosp

Figure 5. Morphologic features of isolates of Lagenidium giganteum mosquito control agent and L. giganteum mold from mammals. Panel A shows henotypic features in culture of the mammalian pathogen (ATCCMYA-4933, type strain) and panel D shows the biological control (ATCC 36492). The development of spherical and ovoid 40- to 170-μm swelling segments (panels B, C, E, F) was the main feature of both mammalian and biocontrol strains. Panel G shows A tubular body developed from an unseen segmented sporangium form a vesicle enclosing numerous zoospores in a mammalian L. giganteum strain. The kidney-shaped zoospores before release (G) and after release (H, arrows) agree with those in the original description of L. giganteum by Couch (10). ATCC, American Type Culture Collection.

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