EVALUATION OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC BACTERIA AGAINST AEDES-POLYNESIENSIS, THE VECTOR OF LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS IN FRENCH-POLYNESIA

Authors
MERCER DR NICOLAS L THIERY I
Citation
Dr. Mercer et al., EVALUATION OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC BACTERIA AGAINST AEDES-POLYNESIENSIS, THE VECTOR OF LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS IN FRENCH-POLYNESIA, Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 11(4), 1995, pp. 485-488
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
8756971X
Volume
11
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
485 - 488
Database
ISI
SICI code
8756-971X(1995)11:4<485:EOEBAA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Thirteen strains among 3 species of entomopathogenic bacteria were tes ted against 3 medically important mosquito species in French Polynesia . Two strains of Bacillus thuringiensis were highly toxic to Aedes pol ynesiensis, Aedes aegypti, and Culex quinquefasciatus. Six of 7 strain s of Bacillus sphaericus tested were highly toxic to Cx. quinquefascia tus but not to the Aedes spp. Clostridium bifermentans serovar. malays ia was more toxic to Ae. polynesiensis than to the other 2 species. En tomopathogenic bacteria merit field testing for larval mosquito contro l in French Polynesia.