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Effect of Dissolved Oxygen on the Growth, Sporulation and Larvicidal Activity of Bacillus sphaericus 2362


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Abdul Karim, Mohamed Ismail (1996) Effect of Dissolved Oxygen on the Growth, Sporulation and Larvicidal Activity of Bacillus sphaericus 2362. Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, 4 (2). pp. 191-196. ISSN 0128-7680

Abstract

Bacillus sphaericus produces bacterial protein toxin capable of killing larvae of mosquitoes which spread diseases such as filariasis, encephalitis and malaria. In batch culture, a maximum spore count of 2.9 x 109/ml media was obtained after 48 h cultivation. In continuous culture, a dilution rate of 0.10 hr- I was found to give a higher spore count than 0.15 h- 1 and 0.2 h- I dilution rates. Kinetic studies on dissolved oxygen (DO) levels showed that 20,50 and 100% gave rapid formation of free spores, whilst 5% DO gave poor results. Cells grown at 5, 20 and 50% DO levels gave comparable values of mosquito-larvicidal activity while those grown at 100% DO were significantly less toxic.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Food Science and Technology
Publisher: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
Keywords: B. sphaericus 2362, larvicidal activity, dissolved oxygen, growth, sporulation
Depositing User: Nur Izzati Mohd Zaki
Date Deposited: 24 Nov 2009 07:25
Last Modified: 27 May 2013 07:06
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3217
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