Synergism and antagonism of Lysinibacillus sphaericus consortia against reference and field collected strains of Aedes aegypti larvae

Abstract

"... The objective of this study was to evaluate antagonism and synergism of different L. sphaericus consortia able to cause mortality against A. aegyptl larvae and compared the response of larvae to individual bacterial strains as well. The L. sphaericus strains used for this study were the World Health Organization (WHO) reference strain 2362, and the Colombian native strains OT4b.25 and 111(3)7. These strains were selected for biologieal control since previous reports obtained acceptable larval mortality against C quinquefasciatus and, also, because these strains contain toxins such as Mtx and slpC sequenced in their genomes (Lozano and Dussán 2013 ; Rey et al. 2016)."-- Tomado de la introducción