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Scanning electron microscopic observation of resting spore clusters ofPolymyxa spp.

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Resting spore clusters ofPolymyxa graminis andP. betae, fungal vectors of virus diseases, were observed using the scanning electron microscope. The spore clusters in host plant cells were uncovered using the styrene resin cracking method. Resting spores ofP. graminis were found to be spherical, whileP. betae spores were more irregular in shape.

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  1. National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences, Kannondai 3-1-1, Tsukuba, 305, Ibaraki, Japan

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Okabe, I. Scanning electron microscopic observation of resting spore clusters ofPolymyxa spp.. Mycoscience 38, 75–77 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02464971

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