Development of a cyanobacterial biolarvicide.
Results of studies on a larvicidal cyanobacterium that expresses a Bti cryIVD gene fusion are reported. Genetically altered Agmenellum quadruplicatum PR-6 is shown to be toxic to larvae of three major genera of disease-bearing mosquitos. Factors affecting expression of Bti genes in cyanobacteria are discussed.
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Department of Biology, University of Memphis, TN 38152, USA.
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D000330:Aedes / Q000502:physiology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000502:physiology*; D003465:Culex / Q000502:physiology*; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000379:methods*