Mosquito adulticidal activity of a biosurfactant produced by <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> subsp. <i>subtilis</i>

Abstract

The present study indicates that the biosurfactant surfactin, produced by B. subtilis subsp. subtilis (VCRC B471), is a potential bioadulticide for ULV spray against malaria-transmitting Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes. This is the first report of a mosquito adulticide from a microbial source.