Expression of Bacillus thuringiensis toxin Cyt2Ba in the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana increases its virulence towards Aedes mosquitoes.

• Main Authors: Sheng-Qun Deng (Author), Wei-Hao Zou (Author), Dong-Liang Li (Author), Jia-Ting Chen (Author), Qiang Huang (Author), Li-Juan Zhou (Author), Xiao-Xue Tian (Author), Yi-Jun Chen (Author), Hong-Juan Peng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana has been widely used to kill mosquito larvae and adults in the laboratory and field. However, its slow action of killing has hampered its widespread application. In our study, the B. bassiana fungus was genetically modifie...