Isolation and phenotypical identification of spore-forming Bacillus species from Jordanian habitats with larvicidal activity against Drosophila melanogaster

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 359-362

  Al Momani, F ^a   Meqdam, M M M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ECOSYSTEMS;

ANIMAL RESIDUES; BACILLUS SPECIES; CULTIVATED SOILS; DROSOPHILLA MELANOGASTER; LARVICIDAL ACTIVITIES; PATHOGENIC ISOLATES; PATHOGENICS; SPORE COUNT; THURINGIENSIS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PATHOGEN; LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL CULTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IN VITRO STUDY; JORDAN; PATHOGENICITY;

JORDAN;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; JORDANIA; MELANOGASTER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0030691774     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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