ABSTRACT
I. Introduction .................................................................................................................. 53
III. Characterization ........................................................................................................... 57 A. Karyotyping ........................................................................................................... 57 B. Enzyme Electrophoresis ........................................................................................ 58
IV. Conclusions .................................................................................................................. 59
Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................. 62
References .............................................................................................................................. 63
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TimothyJ.Kurtti,Ph.D.,isAssociateProfessorofEntomologyattheUniversityof Minnesota,St.Paul,MN.HereceivedhisB.A.inMicrobiologyin1965,andhisPh.D.in Entomologyin1974,bothfromtheUniversityofMinnesota.In1977hejoinedtheInternationalLaboratoryforResearchonAnimalDiseasesinNairobi,Kenya,andthenreturnedto theUS(WaksmanInstituteofMicrobiology,RutgersUniversity,NJ)in1979.Since1985,he hasdirectedaprogramonInsectMicrobiologyattheDepartmentofEntomologyatthe UniversityofMinnesota.SigmaXi,NYAcademyofSciences,AmericanMenandWomen ofScience;EntomologicalSoc.ofAmerica;Soc.Protozoologists,ASM,AmericanSoc. Parasitologists,Soc.forInvertebratePathology,TissueCultureAssoc.;Chair,Invertebrate Div.oftheTCA,1992-1994.Invertebratecellculture,biologyofinsect-pathogenic microsporidia,vector-borneanimalandhumanpathogens
UlrikeG.Munderloh,D.Med.Vet.,isaResearchAssociateattheDepartmentofEntomologyoftheUniversityofMinnesota.Shereceivedadegreeinveterinarymedicineatthe UniversityinMunich,Gennany,in1975,andthedoctorateinveterinarymedicinein1977 fromthesameuniversity.SheheldpostdoctoralfellowshipsattheInternationalLaboratoryfor ResearchonAnimalDiseasesinNairobi,Kenya(1978-1979),andtheWaksmanInstitutefor Microbiology(1979-1984).1985-1986:AssistantResearchProf.,RutgersUniversity;1986present:ResearchAssociate,UniversityofMinnesota.AmericanMenandWomenofScience; AAAS;Soc.forVectorEcology.Insectandtickcellculture,vector-bornepathogensinvitro; molecularbiologyofBorreliaandmicrosporidia.
