Distribution of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis in soil of a swiss wetland reserve after 22 years of mosquito control

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3663-3668

  Guidi, Valeria ^a,b   Patocchi, Nicola ^c   Lüthy, Peter ^d   Tonolla, Mauro ^a,b  

^a Microbiology Unit   (Switzerland)

^b Cantonal Institute of Microbiology   (Switzerland)

^c Bolle di Magadino Foundation   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SUBSP. ISRAELENSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FLOODED ZONES; MAJOR FACTORS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SAMPLING POINTS; SOIL SAMPLE; SWITZERLAND; THURINGIENSIS;

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOILS; WETLANDS;

MOSQUITO CONTROL;

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MOSQUITO; PEST CONTROL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; SWITZERLAND; WETLAND;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SWITZERLAND; WETLANDS;

BOLLE DI MAGADINO NATURE RESERVE; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

AEDES VEXANS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; OCHLEROTATUS STICTICUS;

EID: 79958286486     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00132-11     Document Type: Article

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