Isolation of Bacillus sphaericus with improved efficacy against Culex quinquefasciatus

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 478-480

  Park, Hyun Woo ^a   Mangum, Clare M ^a   Zhong, He ^a   Hayes, Sabrina R ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Bin toxin; Culex quinquefasciatus

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CULEX; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULEX; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

EID: 39749113883     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/5663.1     Document Type: Article

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