Biological, immunological, and genetic analysis of Bacillus thuringiensis isolated from granary in Korea

Current Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-57

  Kim, H S ^a   Lee, D W ^a   Woo, S D ^a   Yu, Y M ^b   Kang, Seok Kwon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyong nong Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CRYSTAL; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; KOREA; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CEREALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIPTERA; GENES, BACTERIAL; KOREA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031830583     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900336     Document Type: Article

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