Strong mosquitocidal <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i> from Mt. Everest

Authors

  • Upendra Thapa Shrestha Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB), Maitidevi, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Gyan Sunder Shahukhal Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB), Maitidevi, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Kiran Babu Tiwari Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB), Maitidevi, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Subarna Pokhrel Enzyme Biotechnology Laboratory, Seoul National University, South Korea
  • Anjana Singh Central Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal
  • Vishwanath Prasad Agrawal RLABB

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/on.v5i1.800

Keywords:

Insect-bioassay, Isolates, Khumbu region, Mosquitocidal, Mosquito larva

Abstract

Bacillus thuringiensis strains were isolated from soil samples collected from Khumbu Base Camp of the Everest region and characterized by standard microbiological techniques viz. colonial and morphological characteristics, and biochemical tests. Insect bioassay of each isolate was performed by standard method using mosquito larva. Among ten randomly selected isolates, one isolate showed the highest insecticidal activity against Dipteron insects.

Keywords: Insect-bioassay, Isolates, Khumbu region, Mosquitocidal, Mosquito larva

doi:10.3126/on.v5i1.800

Our Nature (2007)5:67-69

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Shrestha, U. T., Shahukhal, G. S., Tiwari, K. B., Pokhrel, S., Singh, A., & Agrawal, V. P. (2008). Strong mosquitocidal <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i> from Mt. Everest. Our Nature, 5(1), 67–69. https://doi.org/10.3126/on.v5i1.800

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2007)

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