Carbon:nitrogen ratio interacts with initial concentration of total solids on insecticidal crystal protein and spore production in Bacillus thuringiensis HD-73

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 758-765

  Farrera, R R ^a,b   Perez Guevara F ^a   De La Torre, M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG MANUFACTURE; FERMENTATION; PH; SPOROGENESIS; TECHNIQUE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 0031809509     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051243     Document Type: Article

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