Toxicity assessment and clearance of Brazilian microbial pest control agents in mice.
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol
; 83(4): 570-4, 2009 Oct.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19588065
The environmental toxicology of chemical pesticides have increased interest in the development and use of microbial pest control agents. In the present study four new Brazilian strains of Bacillus and one fungus were tested to evaluate the acute oral toxicity and clearance of these microbials in C57BL6 mice. No mortality was observed after exposure for any of the microorganisms tested. Clearance was significant after 30 days but for one strain of B. thuringiensis and one of B. sphaericus this time was not enough to completely eliminate the spores.
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Coleções:
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Praguicidas
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Bacillus
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos