Characterization of plasmid pAW63, a second self-transmissible plasmid in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD73

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1263-1270

  Wilcks, Andrea ^a   Jayaswal, Nicole ^a   Lereclus, Didier ^b   Andrup, Lars ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringensis; Conjugation; HD73; Mobilization; Self transmissible plasmid

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPIDOPTERA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031783204     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-5-1263     Document Type: Article

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