Prevalence of β-exotoxin, diarrhoeal toxin and specific δ-endotoxin in natural isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-60

  Perani, Michela ^a   Bishop, Alistair H ^a   Vaid, Alka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

exotoxin; endotoxin; Bacillus cereus type enterotoxin; Bacillus thuringiensis

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; EXOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SOIL;

ADENOSINE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DIARRHEA; ENDOTOXINS; ENTEROTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SUGAR ACIDS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032030609     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00010-X     Document Type: Article

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