Toxicity assessment and clearance of Brazilian microbial pest control agents in mice.
The environmental toxicology of chemical pesticides have increased interest in the development and use of microbial pest control agents. In the present study four new Brazilian strains of Bacillus and one fungus were tested to evaluate the acute oral toxicity and clearance of these microbials in C57BL6 mice. No mortality was observed after exposure for any of the microorganisms tested. Clearance was significant after 30 days but for one strain of B. thuringiensis and one of B. sphaericus this time was not enough to completely eliminate the spores.
Oliveira-Filho
Eduardo C
EC
Laboratório de Ecotoxicologia, Embrapa Cerrados, Planaltina, DF 73310-970, Brazil. cyrino@cpac.embrapa.br
Oliveira
Ricardo S
RS
Lopes
Madaí C
MC
Ramos
Felipe R
FR
Grisolia
Cesar K
CK
Alves
Roberto T
RT
Monnerat
Rose G
RG
D000818:Animals; D001407:Bacillus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D005658:Fungi / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010571:Pest Control / Q000379:methods; D010575:Pesticides / Q000633:toxicity*
D010575:Pesticides