Tolerance of sewage treatment plant microorganisms to mosquitocides.
Beneficial protozoa and rotifers collected from a wastewater treatment plant in Panama City, FL, were tested for tolerance to 11 commonly used mosquito larvicides and adulticides in the laboratory. The acute effects were assessed using selected concentrations of the adulticides fenthion, malathion, naled, permethrin, and resmethrin; and the larvicides Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, Bacillus sphaericus, diflubenzuron, larviciding oil, methoprene, and temephos for the following microorganism taxa: ameoboids, flagellates, free-swimming ciliates, stalked ciliates, and rotifers.
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John A. Mulrennan, Sr. Research Laboratory, Florida A&M University, Panama City 32405-1933.
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D000818:Animals; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000187:drug effects*; D007306:Insecticides; D009032:Mosquito Control; D012403:Rotifera / Q000187:drug effects*; D012722:Sewage; D014871:Water Microbiology
D007306:Insecticides; D012722:Sewage