Spherical parasporal inclusions of the Lepidoptera-specific and Coleoptera-specific Bacillus thuringiensis strains: A comparative electron microscopic study

Current Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 128-131

  Wasano, Naoya ^a   Yasunaga Aoki, Chisa ^a   Sato, Ryoichi ^b   Ohba, Michio ^a   Kawarabata, Takeshi ^a   Iwahana, Hidenori ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL INCLUSION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COLEOPTERA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEETLES; INCLUSION BODIES; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SEROTYPING; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0033965178     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849910025     Document Type: Article

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