Identification of Entomopathogenic Bacillus Isolated from Simulium (Diptera, Simuliidae) Larvae and Adults

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1017-1021

  Cavados, C F G ^a   Fonseca, R N ^a   Chaves, J Q ^a   Rabinovitch, L ^a   Araujo Coutinho C J P C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Bacillus thuringiensis; Biological control; Black fly; Brazil; Simulium

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; FLY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BRAZIL; CULEX; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SEROTYPING; SIMULIIDAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0035489350     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000700023     Document Type: Article

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