An extrachromosomal prophage naturally associated with Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 305-308

  Kanda, Kohzo ^a   Ohderaotoshi, T ^a   Shimojyo, A ^a   Kato, F ^a   Murata, A ^a  

^a Faculty of Agriculture   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURING;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; ENTOMOPATHOGEN; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; MATINGS; MOSQUITO LARVAE; PARENTAL STRAINS; PROPHAGES; SEROVARS; THURINGIENSIS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ENDOTOXIN; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE INDUCTION; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PROPHAGE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032907139     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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