Is natural pesticide too hard on people?
A bacterium discovered in rotting onions might make a great substitute for pesticides—except that strains of the versatile microbe sometimes kill people.
References:
1998. Burkholderia cepacia - Friend or Foe? American Phytopathological Society Symposium: Agenda and Presentation Summaries (Nov. 9). Available at http://www.scisoc.org/feature/BurkholderiaCepacia/agenda.htm.
Holmes, A., J. Govan, and R. Goldstein. 1998. Agricultural use of Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) cepacia: A threat to human health? Emerging Infectious Diseases 4(April-June).
Further Readings:
Additional Web sites about Burkholderia cepacia are provided by the American Phytopathological Society at http://www.scisoc.org/feature/BurkholderiaCepacia/Links.htm.
Sources:
John Govan
University of Edinburgh Medical School
Edinburgh
United KingdomAlison Holmes
Imperial College School of Medicine
Hammersmith Hospital
London
United KingdomJennifer Parke
Oregon State University
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Corvallis, OR 97331
From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 19, November 7, 1998, p.
295.
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