Application strategies by selective medium treated with entomopathogenic bacteria and as potential biocontrol against .

The success of microbial termiticides in controlling termites depends on the ability of microbes to grow in different media and the functionality of the microbes as a resistant barrier or toxic bait. This study was conducted to understand the mortality rate and behaviour changes of the subterranean termite Holmgren introduced with different concentrations of strain LGMS 1 and strain LGMS 3 using wood and soil as bacterial transfer medium. In general, higher concentration of bacteria in soil caused a reduction in tunnelling activity and wood consumption and an increase in mortality.

Septicaemia of subterranean termites caused by disturbance of bacteria isolated from termite gut and its foraging pathways.

Microbial pathogens continue to attract a great deal of attention to manage the termite population. Every bacterium has its own mode of action and in fact, the mechanisms used by bacteria to attack termites remain elusive at the moment. Hence, the objective of this study was to evaluate the susceptibility of subterranean termites to opportunistic pathogens using culturable aerobic bacteria isolated from the termite gut and its foraging pathways.