During the summers of 1970 and 1971 a total of 95 sea otter (Enhydra lutris) were shipped to Oregon from Amchitka Island, Alaska. The 1970 shipment consisted of 31 otter which were to be released on the southern Oregon Coast near the town of Port Orford. Two of these animals...
In 1967, Doi et al. proposed the hypothesis that 'yellows type
diseases' are caused by mycoplasma. Since then more than 60
yellows diseases have been associated with mycoplasma-like bodies
(MLB) (Maramorosch, 1973). The majority of these associations are
based upon electron microscopic observations of mycoplasma-like
bodies in situ. However, little...