Selective Medium for Mosquito-Pathogenic Strains of Bacillus sphaericus.
A selective medium (BATS), which contains arginine as the sole carbon and nitrogen source and which also contains streptomycin, allowed growth of 18 mosquito-pathogenic strains of Bacillus sphaericus. It inhibited the growth of 68% of the nonpathogenic B. sphaericus strains tested as well as other Bacillus spp. and aquatic bacteria.
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Microbiology Section, Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061.
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Jelley
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