Genotypic Diversity of Mosquitocidal Bacteria (Bacillus sphaericus, B. thuringiensis, and B. cereus) Newly Isolated from Natural Sources

In the present study, to comprehend the genetic diversity of mosquitocidal bacteria, the genotypic analysis of 30 strains of Bacillus species isolated newly from diverse environmental sources has been conducted. Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction was conducted to characterize the genotype diversity between the bacterial strains. The matrix of scores from each bacterial DNA was analyzed, and the correlation between the co-efficients and the similarity matrix data was computed. Clusters from dendrogram showing diversity among isolates could be distinguished genetically based on their origin of isolates. The first major cluster consists of 43 strains grouped under various subclusters (91.489 %). A second cluster contains only four strains (8.511 %). An average similarity value of 0.36 revealed the dendrogram split into 28 distinct “groups” or “clusters,” allowing almost a complete separation of strains within the Bacillus group isolated from various sources and thus facilitating assessment of genetic diversity of species and subspecies level. The conclusion from the result was that there was broad diversity among the mosquitocidal strains, and cluster analysis revealed the associations among the isolates based on their origin. A high level of polymorphism with distinct genetic lineages consequent to the source of origin of bacterial strains is the significant impact of this study.