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Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: culex quinquefasciatus

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

Active Ingredient: Bacillus sphaericus 2297

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

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G6422 2000 Unspecified
USA Wirth, M.C., G.P. Georghiou, J.I. Malik, and G.H. Abro. (2000). Laboratory selection for resistance to Bacillus sphaericus in Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from California, USA. J. Med. Entomol., 37(4) 534-540.
G6423 2000 Unspecified
USA Wirth, M.C., G.P. Georghiou, J.I. Malik, and G.H. Abro. (2000). Laboratory selection for resistance to Bacillus sphaericus in Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from California, USA. J. Med. Entomol., 37(4) 534-540.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.