Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2009) 75, 4627-4629

Arunee Ahantarig, Nantarat Chantawat, Nicholas R. Waterfield, Richard ffrench-Constant and Pattamaporn Kittayapong (2009)
PirAB toxin from Photorhabdus asymbiotica as a larvicide against dengue vectors
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75 (13), 4627-4629
Abstract: We have evaluated Photorhabdus insect-related protein (Pir) from Photorhabdus asymbiotica against dengue vectors. PirAB shows larvicidal activity against both Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus larvae but did not affect the Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides predator. PirAB expressed the strongest toxicity compared to PirA, PirB, or the mixture of PirA plus PirB. Whether the presence of an enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequence in PirAB, but not in PirA, PirB, or the mixture of PirA plus PirB, has any impact on biological control efficacy needs further investigation.
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Database assignments for author(s): Arunee Ahantarig, Pattamaporn Kittayapong

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Aedes albopictus
	Aedes aegypti
Heterorhabditis gerrardi/Photorhabdus asymbiotica (entomopathogen)	Aedes albopictus
Heterorhabditis gerrardi/Photorhabdus asymbiotica (entomopathogen)	Aedes aegypti