Developing recombinant bacteria for control of mosquito larvae

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 23, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 164-175

  Federici, Brian A ^a   Park, Hyun Woo ^b   Bideshi, Dennis K ^a   Wirth, Margaret C ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey J ^a   Sakano, Yuko ^a   Tang, Mujin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis; Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. jegathesan; Recombinant bacteria; Resistance avoidance; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR JEGATHESAN; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34548022110     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971x(2007)23[164:drbfco]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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