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A confocal laser scanning micrograph of a paraffin section in the head and thorax of leafhopper vector D. maidis, showing corn stunt spiroplasma (CSS, Spiroplasma kunkelii, Class Mollicutes) aggregates (green fluorescence) in muscle fibers (mf), salivary glands (sg) and fat tissue (ft), close to the subesophageal ganglion (seg) and compound ganglion (cgm). Whole-mount organs were labeled with primary CSS antibodies then with secondary antibodies (Alexa Fluor-488, green), and stained with the nuc