This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Reprints and Permissions Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Crumrine, M. H. Articles by Harris, J. O. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Crumrine, M. H. Articles by Harris, J. O. Agricola Articles by Crumrine, M. H. Articles by Harris, J. O.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1971 October; 22(4): 578-580
Copyright © 1971 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Transmission of Salmonella montevideo in Wheat by Stored-Product Insects ¹

Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66502

ABSTRACT

Sitophilus oryzae (L.), S. granarius (L.), Tribolium castaneum (Hbst.), Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.), Rhyzopertha dominica (F.), Tenebroides mauritanicus (L.), and Cryptolestes pusillus (Schon.) transmitted Salmonella montevideo from wheat contaminated with 10⁶ organisms/g to clean wheat. The insects were fed on the contaminated grain for 21 days and were then transferred to clean grain and allowed to feed for 21 days. They were subsequently transferred to two more samples of clean wheat. All species carried S. montevideo into the initial sample of clean wheat but not into a second or third sample. Progeny of the original insects that developed in the contaminated wheat exhibited less ability than the original adults to contaminate clean wheat. Data indicated that few S. montevideo could be carried by the stored-product insects in large masses of grain.

² Deceased 15 September 1969.

¹ Contribution no. 1125, Division of Biology, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station. Portion of a dissertation presented by Martin H. Crumrine in partial fulfillment of the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology at Kansas State University.