Effect of nematicidal Bacillus thuringiensis strains on free-living nematodes. 2. Ultrastructural analysis of the intoxication process in Caenorhabditis elegans;Effets de souches nematicides de Bacillus thuringiensis sur les nematodes libres. 2. Analyse ultrastructurale du processus d'intoxication chez Caenorhabditis elegans

Fundamental and Applied Nematology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 407-414

  Borgonie, Gaëtan ^a,b,c   Claeys, Myriam ^b   Leyns, Frederik ^a   Arnaut, Greta ^a   De Waele, Dirk ^a,d   Coomans, August ^b  

^a Bayer Cropscience Belgium   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d Laboratory for Tropical Plant Cultivation   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Caenorhabditis elegans; pathology; TEM

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0030483923     PISSN: 11645571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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