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1 January 2018 Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Larvicidal and Ovicidal Properties of Extracts from Streptomyces vinaceusdrappus (S12-4) Isolated from Soils1
Pathalam Ganesan, Amalraj Jackson, Rajendran Host Antony David, Subramaniyan Sivanandhan, Munusamy Rajiv Gandhi, Michael Gabriel Paulraj, Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi, Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu
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Abstract

The actinomycete Streptomyces vinaceusdrappus (S12-4) was isolated from soil samples collected from the Venganayakkan region in Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. The strain was identified using 16S rRNA sequencing, and a phylogenetic tree was constructed using MEGA4 software with sequences submitted to GenBank. In laboratory bioassays, crude extracts of secondary metabolites of the actinomycete demonstrated larvicidal and ovicidal activity against Culex quinquefasciatus Say and Anopheles stephensi Liston, but not against Aedes aegypti L. These results suggest that metabolites of S. vinaceusdrappus S12-4 may have value in development of alternatives to conventional chemical insecticides for control of mosquito populations.

Pathalam Ganesan, Amalraj Jackson, Rajendran Host Antony David, Subramaniyan Sivanandhan, Munusamy Rajiv Gandhi, Michael Gabriel Paulraj, Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi, and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu "Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Larvicidal and Ovicidal Properties of Extracts from Streptomyces vinaceusdrappus (S12-4) Isolated from Soils1," Journal of Entomological Science 53(1), 17-26, (1 January 2018). https://doi.org/10.18474/JES17-21.1
Received: 13 February 2017; Accepted: 1 June 2017; Published: 1 January 2018
KEYWORDS
actinomycetes metabolites
Anopheles stephensi
biological activity
Culex quinquefasciatus
Streptomyces vinaceusdrappus
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