Table 7 Bacteria isolated from the sand fly guts at different abdominal stages*
Source | Isolated bacteria | No. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | Individually dissected guts | Unfed | Microbacterium paraoxydans | 8 |
Microbacterium imperiale | 1 | |||
Blood fed (naturally or laboratory) | Microbacterium paraoxydans | 34 | ||
Staphylococcus microti | 1 | |||
Bacillus firmus | 1 | |||
Terribacillus aidingensis | 1 | |||
Bacillus circulans | 1 | |||
Staphylococcus epidermidis | 1 | |||
Semi-gravid | Bacillus pumilus | 1 | ||
Gravid | Microbacterium paraoxydans | 1 | ||
Multiple dissected guts | Unfed | Microbacterium paraoxydans | 2 | |
Bacillus circulans | 1 | |||
Insect whole body | Bacillus pumilus | 1 | ||
Male | Bundles of quintuple dissected guts | Bacillus flexus | 1 | |
Staphylococcus aureus | 1 | |||
Enterobacter cloacae dissolvens | 1 | |||
Enterococcus faecalis | 1 | |||
Total | 58 | |||