Deer Tick Preventative

 

Novozymes has acquired a natural insecticide which may deter Lyme disease by controlling the deer tick, one of the carriers of the disease. The insecticide came as part of the recently completed acquisition of Earth Biosciences Inc., adding two new alternative pesticide technologies to its portfolio. These include the insecticide Metarhizium anisopliae and the fungicide Bacillus subtilis, both naturally occurring microorganisms. The Metarhizium insecticide product is currently approved for residential outdoor control of ticks and ornamental pests such as black vine weevils.