The chromosome map of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. canadensis HD224 is highly similar to that of the Bacillus cereus type strain ATCC 14579

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 163-167

  Carlson, Cathrine Rein ^a   Johansen, Trine ^a   Kolstø, Anne Brit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Bacillus thuringiensis; Classification; Genome analysis; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

DNA; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION SITE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR CANADENSIS;

EID: 0030222048     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00216-9     Document Type: Article

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