title: [Septicaemia of chironomid larvae (Diptera: Chironomidae) promoted by Bacillus cereus and B. thuringiensis].
abstract: Natural factors regulating the population of chironomids were studied. The bacteria Bacillus cereus were isolated from chironomids sampled from Kuyalnitskii Firth after epizooty of Chironomus sp., and bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis spp. israelensis (Bti) were isolated from dead larva of Chironomus plumosus sampled in the Sea of Azov (3-m depth). Bti were characterized by high insecticide activity on midges Anopheles messeae Fall., Aedes cireneus Mg., and Culex pipiens pipiens f. pipiens L.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Khodyrev
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001413:Bacillus thuringiensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002683:Chironomidae / Q000382:microbiology; D007814:Larva / Q000382:microbiology; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology