Comparative delta-endotoxins of Bacillus thuringiensis against mosquito vectors (Aedes aegypti and Culex pipiens)

Acta Microbiologica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-300

  Lonc, Elzbieta ^a   Kucińska, Jolanta ^a   Rydzanicz, Katarzyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anti mosquito activity; B. thuringiensis; Delta endotoxins

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS DELTA ENDOTOXIN; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SUBSPECIES JAPONENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SUBSPECIES JINGHONGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SUBSPECIES WRATISLAVIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SUBSPECIES YOSO; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CULEX PIPIENS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; POLAND; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULEX; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0142087869     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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