Effects of media composition on δ-endotoxin production and morphology of Bacillus thuringiensis in wild types and spontaneously mutated strains

Microbios

Volumn 101, Issue 398, 2000, Pages 47-66

  Perani, Michela ^a,b   Bishop, Alistair H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Bacillus thuringiensis; Crystal morphology; Glucose; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOTOXINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLASMIDS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0033630309     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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