SPORULATION AND TOXIN PRODUCTION BY BACILLUS-THURINGIENSIS VAR ISRAELENSIS IN CADAVERS OF MOSQUITO LARVAE (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE)
SPORULATION AND TOXIN PRODUCTION BY BACILLUS-THURINGIENSIS VAR ISRAELENSIS IN CADAVERS OF MOSQUITO LARVAE (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE)
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-2011(85)90066-7
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
FEDERICI, BA
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作者:
ALY, C;MULLA, MS;FEDERICI, BA
Laboratory experiments with 4th-instar larvae of Aedes aegypti and Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae) demonstrated that the entomocidal bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis, can grow vegetatively, sporulate, and produce toxin in cadavers of mosquito larvae. In A. aegypti, spore counts rose from 2 .times. 102/cadaver 4 h after treatment to 1.4 .times. 105/cadaver approximately 72 h later, whereas in A. albimanus spore counts per cadaver increased from 2.2 .times. 103 between 4 and 24 h to 3.2 .times. 105 at 72 h post-treatment. Bioassays of larval cadavers indicated that toxicity associated with sporulation of B. thuringiensis var. israelensis reached a maximum level approximately 72 h after treatment. These results demonstrate that under appropriate conditions B. thuringinesis var. israelensis can use the substrates available in larval cadavers for growth and sporulation.