A UV tolerant mutant of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki producing melanin

Current Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-30

  Saxena, Deepak ^a,b   Ben Dov, Eitan ^a   Manasherob, Robert ^a   Barak, Ze'ev ^a   Boussiba, Sammy ^a   Zaritsky, Arieh ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; POLYPEPTIDE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CRYSTAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA CONFORMATION; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELIOTHIS; POSIBACTERIA;

ANIMAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTOXINS; MELANINS; MUTATION; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SPODOPTERA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0036133864     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-001-0069-6     Document Type: Article

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