Tolerance of sewage treatment plant microorganisms to mosquitocides.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1993

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

9

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

477-479

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Tietze NS.Olson MA.Hester PG.Moore JJ.

 

Abstract

Beneficial protozoa and rotifers collected from a wastewater treatment plant in Panama City, FL, were tested for tolerance to 11 commonly used mosquito larvicides and adulticides in the laboratory. The acute effects were assessed using selected concentrations of the adulticides fenthion, malathion, naled, permethrin, and resmethrin; and the larvicides Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, Bacillus sphaericus, diflubenzuron, larviciding oil, methoprene, and temephos for the following microorganism taxa: ameoboids, flagellates, free-swimming ciliates, stalked ciliates, and rotifers.

Notes

Author(s) - Tietze NS.Olson MA.Hester PG.Moore JJ.