Genetic diversity of Brazilian Bacillus thuringiensis isolates with toxicity against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Abstract Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) isolates native to Maranhão (BtMA) that are highly toxic to Aedes aegypti larvae and seven standard subspecies of Bt were analyzed for genetic diversity using the rep-PRC technique with BOX, ERIC, REP, MB1, and GTG5 markers. The rep-PCR technique is considered an...

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Main Authors: Geysla da Costa Fernandes, Dalton Kaynnan de Prado Costa, Nayanne Santos de Oliveira, Emanuelle Cristine Pereira de Sousa, Déborah Heloísa Bittencourt Machado, Ricardo Antonio Polanczyk, Herbert Álvaro Abreu de Siqueira, Maria Cleoneide da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18559-0