Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2001) 67, 3280-3284

Margaret C. Wirth, Armelle Delécluse and William E. Walton (2001)
Cyt1Ab1 and Cyt2Ba1 from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. medellin and B. thuringiensis subsp. israelensis synergize Bacillus sphaericus against Aedes aegypti and resistant Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67 (7), 3280-3284
Abstract: The interaction of two cytolytic toxins, Cyt1Ab from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. medellin and Cyt2Ba from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis, with Bacillus sphaericus was evaluated against susceptible and resistant Culex quinquefasciatus and the nonsensitive species Aedes aegypti. Mixtures of B. sphaericus with either cytolytic toxin were synergistic, and B. sphaericus resistance in C. quinquefasciatus was suppressed from >17,000- to 2-fold with a 3:1 mixture of B. sphaericus and Cyt1Ab. This trait may prove useful for combating insecticide resistance and for improving the activity of microbial insecticides.
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Database assignments for author(s): Margaret C. Wirth, William E. Walton

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
pesticide resistance of pest
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
formulation/storage of bioagents
resistance/tolerance/defence of host

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Culex quinquefasciatus
Lysinibacillus sphaericus (entomopathogen)	Culex quinquefasciatus
Bacillus thuringiensis Cyt1A-toxin (entomopathogen)	Culex quinquefasciatus
Bacillus thuringiensis Cyt2B-toxin (entomopathogen)	Culex quinquefasciatus