2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/102976The stability of retrograde mixed modes in rotating B-type stars is investigated. It is found that these modes are susceptible to kappa-mechanism excitation, due to the iron opacity bump at log T ~ 5.3. The findings are discussed in the context of the pulsation of SPB and Be stars.3 pages, 1 figure, to appear in "Active OB Stars: Laboratories for Stellar & Circumstellar Physics", ASP Conf. Ser. 2005, S. Stefl, S. P. Owocki & A. Okazaki, edsAstrophysicstext