Characteristics of thirty-six Bacillus thuringiensis isolates and a new serovar of B. thuringiensis subsp. kim (Serotype H52)

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 534-540

  Kim, Soo Young ^a   Kang, Min Ho ^a   Choi, Hee Baeg ^a   Lee, Jee Un ^a   Charles, Jean Francois ^b,c   Dumanoir, Veronique Cosmao ^b,c   Lecadet, Marguerite M ^b,c   Lee, Hyung Hoan ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c WHO Collaborating Center

Author keywords

B. thuringiensis serotypes; B. thuringiensis subspecies

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COLISTIN; ENDOTOXIN; H ANTIGEN; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SPOROGENESIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033377044     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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