| spiroplasma-like organisms closely associated with the gut in five leafhopper species (hemiptera: cicadellidae). | spiroplasmas are bacteria in the class mollicutes that are frequently associated with insects and/or plants. here, we describe the ultrastructure, localization, and occurrence of apparent commensal/symbiotic spiroplasma-like organisms (slos) in the midgut and hindgut of five leafhopper species from laboratory-reared colonies. those found in dalbulus elimatus, endria inimica, and macrosteles quadrilineatus were long and tubular shaped, whereas those in dalbulus maidis and graminella nigrifrons we ... | 2010 | 20978745 |