Characterization of six highly mosquitocidal Bacillus thuringiensis strains that do not belong to H-14 serotype

Current Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-54

  Ragni, A ^a   Thiery I ^b   Delecluse A ^b  

^a Frazione Pantalla ^*  (Italy)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; CYTOLYSIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HEMOLYSIS; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CULICIDAE; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; SHEEP;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS;

EID: 0030046071     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900009     Document Type: Article

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