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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2009
Loganathan Ponnusamy, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ning Xu, Saskatoon, CA;
Coby Schal, Cary, NC (US);
Charles S. Apperson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dawn Wesson, New Orleans, LA (US);
Loganathan Ponnusamy, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ning Xu, Saskatoon, CA;
Coby Schal, Cary, NC (US);
Charles S. Apperson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dawn Wesson, New Orleans, LA (US);
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
Provided are compositions for attracting and/or stimulating oviposition. The compositions comprise a suitable carrier and a bacterium capable of producing nonanoic acid, tetradecanoic acid, or methyl tetradecanoate;; a supernatant of a culture of any of the these bacteria; nonanoic acid; tetradecanoic acid; or methyl tetradecanoate, or any combination thereof, at a concentration effective to attract the mosquito to a target. The compositions may be comprised within a kit or trap. Also provided are methods of attracting mosquitoes to a target.