Description of Bacillus thuringiensis wratislaviensis (H-47), a new serotype originating from Wroclaw (Poland), and other Bt soil isolates from the same area

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 467-473

  Lonc, E ^a   Lecadet, M M ^b   Lachowicz, T M ^a   Panek, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; PROTEINS; STRAIN;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; FRUITFLIES; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARGE PLASMIDS; PROTEIN ACTIVITY; SEROTYPES; SEROVARS; THURINGIENSIS; TOXIC EFFECT; TOXICITY TEST;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOUSE FLY; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; NONHUMAN; POLAND; SEROTYPE; SOIL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLATTARIA; INSECTA; MUSCA DOMESTICA;

EID: 0030920173     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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