Biochemical identification of Phlebotomus (larroussius) pedifer and Phlebotomous (larroussius) elegonensis

Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Publication Date

12-14-1988

Abstract

Females of the vector of Leishmania aethiopica, Phlebotomus pedifer, have previously been morphologically indistinguishable from the non-vector, P. elegonensis. The present studies have biochemically separated these two species. Differences were observed in the mobility of four enzymes, GPI, HK, ICD and PGM on thin-layer starch gel electrophoresis. Using the isoelectric focusing technique, the two species could be differentiated by one enzyme, GPI. © 1988.

Keywords

electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing, P. elegonensis, Phlebotomus pedifer, thin-layer starch gel electrophoresis

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