A wettable powder (WP) formulation of Bacillus sphaericus 2362 (ABG-6232) and an aqueous suspension of Bacillus thuringiensis serovar. israelensis (Vectobac 12 AS) were evaluated against Culex ...

Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis produces crystal proteins. Cry (4Aa, 4Ba, 10Aa, and 11Aa) and Cyt (1Aa and 2Ba) proteins, toxic to mosquito vectors of human diseases. Cyt1Aa overcomes insect ...

The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has decided to spray Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis (BTI) , a kind of bacteria that destroys mosquito larvae, to prevent dengue outbreak in the ...

Starting this month, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will begin treatments for some area creeks and rivers for black fly, otherwise known as a gnat. Helicopters will spray ...

Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped and produces spores. Aside from being a close relative to Bacillus anthracis (the one ...

Spraying larvicide, the tried-and-tested formula to get rid of mosquito larvae, is back-dated. KOLKATA: Spraying larvicide, the tried-and-tested formula to get rid of mosquito larvae, is back-dated.

Read full article: Everything you need to know about ‘Mosquito Dunks’: What is Bti? How does it work? Is it safe? Mosquitoes use standing water to breed, which is why you should make sure there isn’t ...

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)’s research centre in Puducherry has developed a technology to produce Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti strain VCRC B-17), a strain of bacteria that ...