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Table 2 Mean (±SEM) number of C. formosanus in a paired choice test where tubes were filled with substrate treated with Bacillus thuringiensis strain ATCC 33679 at a concentration of 10 9 propagules/g, after 24 h exposure

From: Mortality and repellent effects of microbial pathogens on Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

 

Number of termites in tubes

Treatment

Treated

Control

Cells

Sand

43.5 ± 15.0a*

66.5 ± 17.1a

Soil

51.6 ± 8.9a

82.0 ± 10.9a

Sawdust

29.3 ± 6.6a

130.8 ± 9.6b

Spores

Sand

32.9 ±14.3a

26.1 ± 6.7a

Soil

70.2 ± 10.6a

77.1 ± 12.2a

Sawdust

65.8 ± 7.3a

70.5 ± 13.8a

50% Cells + 50% Spores

Sand

31.5 ± 4.4a

88.3 ± 12.3b

Soil

41.1 ± 8.4a

60.3 ± 12.6a

Sawdust

66.3 ± 11.9a

66.8 ± 12.0a

  1. * Values with the same letter are not significantly different, P ≤ 0.05.
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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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