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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2003, p. 4994-4996, Vol. 69, No. 8
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4994-4996.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Internal and External Mycoflora of the American Dog Tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae), and Its Ecological Implications

Jay A. Yoder,1* Peter E. Hanson,2 Lawrence W. Zettler,3 Joshua B. Benoit,4 Fiorella Ghisays,4 and Kurt A. Piskin5

Department of Biology,1 Department of Chemistry,2 Undergraduate Research Program, Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio 45501,4 Department of Biology,3 Undergraduate Research Program in Biology, Department of Biology, The Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois 626505

Received 20 December 2002/ Accepted 9 May 2003

Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, the anamorph of Microascus brevicaulis (Microascaceae, Ascomycota), has been identified in the body contents of the tick Dermacentor variabilis. After topical application of the fungal inoculum, tick mortality was marked. This is the first account describing the internal mycoflora of D. variabilis with a novel technique used to recover potential biological control agents.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biology, Wittenberg University, Ward St. at North Wittenburg Ave., P.O. Box 720, Springfield, OH 45501. Phone: (937) 327-6389. Fax: (937) 327-6487. E-mail: jyoder{at}wittenberg.edu.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2003, p. 4994-4996, Vol. 69, No. 8
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4994-4996.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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