Research progress on mosquitocidal Bacillus thuringiensisand its crystal proteins
Author of the article:ZHAO Xin-Min1,2sup>;XIA Li-Qiu1;WANG Fa-Xiang1; DING Xue-Zhi1
Author's Workplace:1. College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China; 2. Department of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Hunan City University, Yiyang 413049, China
Key Words:Bacillus thuringiensis; mosquitoes; crystal protein; research progress
Abstract:Ever since the discovery of the first Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis strain capable of killing mosquito larvae, there are many reports about the occurrence of mosquitocidal strains belonging to different subspecies/serotypes and s