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Granted Patent B2
US 9,392,788 · App. 12/613,920 · Granted Jul 19, 2016

Mosquito attractant compositions and methods

Inventors: Loganathan Ponnusamy (Raleigh, NC); Ning Xu (Saskatoon, CA); Coby Schal (Cary, NC); Charles S. Apperson (Raleigh, NC); Dawn Wesson (New Orleans, LA)
Assignee: North Carolina State University
A01N37/02A01N63/02
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Patent No.
US 9,392,788
App. No.
12/613,920
Granted
Jul 19, 2016
Kind
B2
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; Bacillus thuringiensis; Lactococcus lactis; Klebsiella oxytoca; Shigella dysenteriae; Brevundimonas vesicularis ; 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.

Claims (24)

1. A method of attracting a mosquito to a target, the method comprising applying to the target a mosquito attractant composition comprising one or more of: Lactococcus lactic; Klebsiella oxytoca; Shigella dysenteriae; Brevundimonas vesicularis ; a supernatant of a culture of any of the aforementioned bacteria; or any combination thereof, in an amount effective in the mosquito attractant composition to attract the mosquito to the target, wherein the mosquito attractant composition is in the form of a liquid, pellet, particle, tablet, or bead.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises the supernatant.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mosquito is an Aedes mosquito.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mosquito is Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus , or a combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mosquito is gravid.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises two or more of: Lactococcus lactis, Klebsiella oxytoca, Shigella dysenteriae, Brevundimonas vesicularis , or a bacterial culture supernatant thereof.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition stimulates oviposition.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises Lactococcus lactis or a bacterial culture supernatant thereof.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises Klebsiella oxytoca or a bacterial culture supernatant thereof.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises Shigella dysenteriae or a bacterial culture supernatant thereof.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises Brevundimonas vesicularis or a bacterial culture supernatant thereof.

12. A mosquito trap comprising:

a) a trapping chamber or adhesive; and

b) a mosquito attractant composition positioned to attract a mosquito, wherein the mosquito attractant composition comprises a suitable carrier and one or more of: Lactococcus lactis; Klebsiella oxytoca; Shigella dysenteriae; Brevundimonas vesicularis ; a supernatant of a culture of any of the aforementioned bacteria; or any combination thereof, in an amount effective in the mosquito attractant composition to attract the mosquito to the mosquito trap.

13. The mosquito trap of claim 12 , wherein the composition comprises the supernatant.

14. The mosquito trap of claim 12 , wherein the mosquito is an Aedes mosquito.

15. The mosquito trap of claim 12 , wherein the mosquito is Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus , or a combination thereof.

16. The mosquito trap of claim 12 , wherein the mosquito is gravid.

17. The mosquito trap of claim 12 , wherein the composition comprises two or more of: Lactococcus lactis, Klebsiella oxytoca, Shigella dysenteriae, Brevundimonas vesicularis , or a bacterial culture supernatant thereof.

18. The mosquito trap of claim 12 , wherein the composition stimulates oviposition.

19. The mosquito trap of claim 12 , wherein the composition comprises Lactococcus lactis or a bacterial culture supernatant thereof.

20. The mosquito trap of claim 12 , wherein the composition comprises Klebsiella oxytoca or a bacterial culture supernatant thereof.

21. The mosquito trap of claim 12 , wherein the composition comprises Shigella dysenteriae or a bacterial culture supernatant thereof.

22. The mosquito trap of claim 12 , wherein the composition comprises Brevundimonas vesicularis or a bacterial culture supernatant thereof.

Assignments (3)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Jun 20, 2023
From: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 064028/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2012
From: WESSON, DAWN
To: THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATION FUND
Reel/Frame 028928/0555 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2010
From: PONNUSAMY, LOGANATHAN; XU, NING; SCHAL, COBY; APPERSON, CHARLES S.
To: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 024246/0130 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61112304 · Nov 7, 2008
Related Publication 20100192451A1 · Aug 5, 2010