Isolation of endospore-forming bacilli toxic to Culiseta longiareolata (Diptera: Culicidae) in Jordan

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-60

  Khyami Horani, H ^a   Katbeh Bader, A ^a   Mohsen, Z H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b Arab Pest Control Center   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MEGATERIUM;

BACILLI;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; FLY; JORDAN; LARVA; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY;

ARACHNIDA; BACILLI; BACILLUS BREVIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; CULICIDAE; CULISETA; CULISETA LONGIAREOLATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032892873     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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