Distribution and characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis on the phylloplane of species of Piper (Piperaceae) in three altitudinal levels

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 144-153

  Maduell, P ^a   Callejas, R ^b   Cabrera, K R ^c   Armengol, G ^a   Orduz, S ^a,d  

^a Corp para Invest Biológicas ^*  (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^d NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BACTERIUM; GENE; MORPHOLOGY;

COLOMBIA;

BACILLI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIPERACEAE; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULEX; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PIPERACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULEX; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; PIPERACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0036689140     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-002-1018-z     Document Type: Article

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