Isolation of Bacillus thuringiensis from the state of Amazonas, in Brazil, and screening against Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae)

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Joelma Soares-da-silva¹  Valéria Cristina Soares Pinheiro¹  Eleilza Litaiff-abreu¹  Ricardo Antonio Polanczyk¹  Wanderli Pedro Tadei¹ 

关键词: Amazonian;    Bioinsecticide;    Dengue;    Vector;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.rbe.2015.02.001

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

We investigated the use of Bacillus thuringiensis isolated in the state of Amazonas, in Brazil, for the biological control of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti. From 25 soil samples collected in nine municipalities, 484 bacterial colonies were obtained, 57 (11.78%) of which were identified as B. thuringiensis. Six isolates, IBt-03, IBt-06, IBt-07, IBt-28, IBt-30, and BtAM-27 showed insecticidal activity, and only BtAM-27 presents the five genes investigated cry4Aa, cry4Ba, cry10Aa, cry11Aa, and cry11Ba. The IBt-07 and IBt- 28, with lower LC50 values, showed equal toxicity compared to the standards. The isolates of B. thuringiensisfrom Amazonas constitute potential new means of biological control for A. aegypti, because of their larvicidal activity and the possibility that they may also contain new combinations of toxins.

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