The introduction into Bacillus sphaericus of the Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. medellin cyt1Ab1 gene results in higher susceptibility of resistant mosquito larva populations to B. sphaericus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3910-3916

  Thiery I ^a   Hamon, S ^a   Delecluse A ^a   Orduz, S ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CIB Biological Control Unit   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE TRANSFER; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR MEDELLIN; CONGROGADUS HIERICHTHYS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 0345516023     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.3910-3916.1998     Document Type: Article

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