Microbial utilization of free and clay-bound insecticidal toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis and their retention of insecticidal activity after incubation with microbes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3561-3568

  Koskella, J ^a,b   Stotzky, G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CARBON SOURCE; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN SOURCE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUBILIZATION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS KURSTAKI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR TENEBRIONIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TENEBRIONIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030771524     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.9.3561-3568.1997     Document Type: Article

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