Occurrence and Linkage between Secreted Insecticidal Toxins in Natural Isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis

Current Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 501-507

  Espinasse, Sylvain ^a   Chaufaux, Josette ^a   Buisson, Christophe ^a   Perchat, Stéphane ^a   Gohar, Michel ^a,b   Bourguet, Denis ^a   Sanchis, Vincent ^a,c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b SANOFI   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA EXOTOXIN I; EXOTOXIN; INSECTICIDE; PROTEIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETATIVE INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN 1; VEGETATIVE INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN 2; VEGETATIVE INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN 3; WATER;

ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE; SECRETION; SOIL; SUPERNATANT; TOXICITY;

ANTHONOMUS; ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; ARACHNIDA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; POSIBACTERIA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 0345327629     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-003-4097-2     Document Type: Article

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