Cross-resistance between strains of Bacillus sphaericus but not B. thuringiensis israelensis in colonies of the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-256

  Yuan, Zhiming M ^a   Pei, G F ^a   Regis, L ^b   Nielsen Leroux, C ^c   Cai, Q X ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis; China; Cross resistance; Culex quinquefasciatus; Mosquito larvae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; MOSQUITO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; INNATE IMMUNITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULEX; IMMUNITY, NATURAL;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0141574294     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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