TABLE 3.
Toxicity of C. bifermentans subsp. malaysia and recombinant Bacillus thuringiensis expressing the C. bifermentans subsp. malaysia Cry operon to mosquito larvae
| Organism | LC50 (95% confidence interval) for larvae of: |
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|---|---|---|
| Aedes aegypti (× 108 CFU/ml) | Anopheles gambiae (× 105 CFU/ml) | |
| C. bifermentans subsp. malaysia | 3.30 (1.39–10.0) | 6.39 (4.87−8.46) |
| B. thuringiensis with Cry operona | 1.39 (0.70–2.74) | Nontoxic |
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Recombinant Bacillus thuringiensis expressing the C. bifermentans subsp. malaysia Cry operon.