Immobilization of alginate-encapsulated Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis containing different multivalent counterions for mosquito control

Current Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-114

  Prabakaran, G ^a   Hoti, S L ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CALCIUM ALGINATE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; COBALT CHLORIDE; COPPER SULFATE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; ZINC SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; ENCAPSULATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOSQUITO; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; CULICIDAE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MICROSPHERES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SALTS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 46749144180     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-008-9159-z     Document Type: Article

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