ULTRA-HIGH PRESSURE DECONTAMINATION OF INSECT BIOCONTROL PREPARATIONS

Authors
BUTZ P FRITSCH E HUBER J KELLER B LUDWIG H TAUSCHER B
Citation
P. Butz et al., ULTRA-HIGH PRESSURE DECONTAMINATION OF INSECT BIOCONTROL PREPARATIONS, Biocontrol science and technology, 5(2), 1995, pp. 243-246
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences",Agriculture,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biocontrol science and technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09583157
Volume
5
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
243 - 246
Database
ISI
SICI code
0958-3157(1995)5:2<243:UPDOIB>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Living bacteria or bacterial spores are undesirable components of bacu lovirus preparations (e.g. granulosis virus) produced in vivo. This is also true, at least in Germany, for preparations of Bacillus thuringi ensis subsp. tenebrionis. Using ultra-high pressure treatment (at a pr essure of 550-580 MPa and a temperature of 50 degrees C) the concentra tion of these bacterial contaminants was reduced by up to eight orders of magnitude. The biocontrol activity of both preparations remained u nchanged.