DNA similarities among mosquito-pathogenic and nonpathogenic strains of Bacillus sphaericus

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 214-216

  Rippere, Karen E ^a   Johnson, John L ^b   Yousten, Allan A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA DETERMINATION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031030393     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-1-214     Document Type: Article

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