Recovery of commercially produced Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis and Bacillus sphaericus from tires and prevalence of bacilli in artificial and natural containers

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-41

  Siegel, Joel P ^a,b   Smith, A Ray ^c   Novak, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis; Container; Fatty acid analysis; Persistence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ENVIRONMENT; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULICIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; FLORIDA; LARVA;

EID: 0035287371     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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