| mycoses, bacterial infections and antibacterial activity in sandflies (psychodidae) and their possible role in the transmission of leishmaniasis. | high incidence of mycoses were found in the guts and malpighian tubes of phlebotomus papatasi from the jordan valley and p. tobbi from zakinthos, greece. infections with several different bacteria were also found in the guts of female p. tobbi. fungi cultured from guts of laboratory reared p. papatasi that had similar mycoses were identified as aspergillus sclerotiorum and saccharomyces cerevisiae. fungi-infected laboratory reared p. papatasi were refractory to artificial infections with a leish ... | 1985 | 3982854 |