Biological control of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha and the snail Biomphalaria glabrata, using gramicidin S and D and molluscicidal strains of Bacillus

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 226-231

  Singer, S ^a   Van Fleet, A L ^a   Viel, J J ^a   Genevese, E E ^a  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Biomphalaria glabrata; Gramicidin D; Gramicidin S; Molluscicidal strains of Bacillus; Schistosomiasis; Veliger stage; Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)

Indexed keywords

GRAMICIDIN D; GRAMICIDIN S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; SNAIL;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0030684105     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jim.2900371     Document Type: Article

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