Bacillus thuringiensis soil populations naturally occurring in the Ryukyus, a subtropic region of Japan

Microbiological Research

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-22

  Ohba, Michio ^a   Wasano, Naoya ^a   Mizuki, Eiichi ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; H serotyping; Japan; Ryukyus; Soil population

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CELL INCLUSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; SEROTYPE; SOIL; TROPICS;

BACTERIUM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

JAPAN;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 0034103932     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-5013(00)80017-8     Document Type: Article

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