Genetic diversity of Bacillus cereus/B. thuringiensis isolates from natural sources

Current Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 80-87

  Helgason, Erlendur ^a,b   Caugant, Dominique A ^b   Lecadet, Marguerite M ^c   Chen, Yahua ^d   Mahillon, Jacques ^d   Lövgren, Ann ^e   Hegna, Ida ^a   Kvaløy, Kirsti ^a   Kolstø, Anne Brit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; NORWAY; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; POSIBACTERIA; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 0031816556     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900343     Document Type: Article

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