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Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: culex pipiens pipiens

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera culicidae house mosquito MED House Mosquito

Active Ingredient: Bacillus sphaericus

MOA: Microbial disruptors of insect midgut membranes (includes transgenic crops), Bacillus sphaericus
Group: BAC CAS #: 0 Shaugnessy Code: 119801

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G5929 1997 Unspecified
France--
Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhone
Nielsen-Leroux, C., Pasquier, F., Charles, J.F., Sinegre, G., Gaven, B., Pasteur, N. (1997). Resistance to Bacillus sphaericus Involves Different Mechanisms in Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) Larvae. Journal of Medical Entomology, 34(3) 321-327.
G5930 1997 Unspecified
France--
Provence-Alpes-Cote D'Azur--
Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhone
Nielsen-Leroux, C., Pasquier, F., Charles, J.F., Sinegre, G., Gaven, B., Pasteur, N. (1997). Resistance to Bacillus sphaericus Involves Different Mechanisms in Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) Larvae. Journal of Medical Entomology, 34(3) 321-327.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.