Plasmid transfer between the Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies kurstaki and tenebrionis in laboratory culture and soil and in lepidopteran and coleopteran larvae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 118-124

  Thomas, D John I ^a,b   Morgan, J Alun W ^a   Whipps, John M ^a   Saunders, Jon R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GENE TRANSFER; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SOIL;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; LACANOBIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0033986269     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.118-124.2000     Document Type: Article

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