Efficiency of Lysinibacillus sphaericus in the biological control of Aedes albopictus larvae from La Mesa, Cundinamarca
The tiger mosquito, a significant public health threat, is vector for numerous diseases, including Dengue and Yellow fever. Aedes albopictus, a species known to cause disease, has been reported in Colombia since 1998. This paper delves into the diverse efforts to control the spread of this insect, w...
- Autores:
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Caicedo Murgueitio, Nicolás
- Tipo de recurso:
- Trabajo de grado de pregrado
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2024
- Institución:
- Universidad de los Andes
- Repositorio:
- Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/74390
- Acceso en línea:
- https://hdl.handle.net/1992/74390
- Palabra clave:
- Lysinibacillus sphaericus
Biological control
Mosquito toxic proteins
Aedes albopictus
Microbiología
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Attribution 4.0 International
| Summary: | The tiger mosquito, a significant public health threat, is vector for numerous diseases, including Dengue and Yellow fever. Aedes albopictus, a species known to cause disease, has been reported in Colombia since 1998. This paper delves into the diverse efforts to control the spread of this insect, with a specific focus on the potential for biological control. Notably, it has been reported that Lysinibacillus sphaericus can eliminate Aedes aegypti species using Mtx1, Mtx2 and Mtx3 mosquito toxic proteins. This study aims to determine the LC50 of L. sphaericus strains III(3)7 and 2362 against Ae. albopictus and to evaluate the mosquitocidal properties of Mtx1, Mtx2 and Mtx3 proteins through transformed E.coli with the individual proteins. |
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