Enterococcus durans with mosquito larvicidal toxicity against Culex quinquefasciatus, elucidated using a Proteomic and Metabolomic approach.

ABSTRACT: Various bacteria from the Bacillus species have been used as pesticides against mosquito larvae for more than a decade. The prolonged use of these bacterial species by little alteration within their genome, using various permutations and combinations of mosquito-cidal toxins, has proven unsuccessful in controlling the mosquito population. In our current study we report Enterococcus sp. to be exhibiting similar kind of mosquito-cidal toxins alike those which are present in the mainly used Bacillus strains. Three Enterococcus species were isolated on a rich media selective for gram- positive bacteria from the mid-gut of dead mosquito larvae which were collected from the wild locations within and around the city of Mumbai, India. Their surface morphologies were studied by Scanning Electron Mi

SUBMITTER: Colvin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7075886 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature