Cyt1A from Bacillus thuringiensis synergizes activity of Bacillus sphaericus against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1093-1097

  Wirth, Margaret C ^a   Federici, Brian A ^a   Walton, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LARVICIDAL AGENT;

BACTERIUM; BIOPESTICIDE; MOSQUITO; PEST CONTROL; TOXICITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; VECTOR CONTROL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES MOSQUITO; ARACHNIDA; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034008298     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.3.1093-1097.2000     Document Type: Article

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