Diversity of Bacillus thuringiensis strains from Latin America with insecticidal activity against different mosquito species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5269-5274

  Ibarra, Jorge E ^a   Del Rincón, M Cristina ^a   Ordúz, Sergio ^d   Noriega, David ^d   Benintende, Graciela ^e   Monnerat, Rose ^f   Regis, Leda ^g   De Oliveira, Cláudia M F ^g   Lanz, Humberto ^b   Rodriguez, Mario H ^b   Sánchez, Jorge ^c   Peña, Guadalupe ^c   Bravo, Alejandra ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular   (Colombia)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^f EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GENES; INSECTICIDES; PROTEINS;

GENES ENCODING;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; MOSQUITO;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY10 GENE; CRY11 GENE; CRY17 GENE; CRY19 GENE; CRY2 GENE; CRY24 GENE; CRY25 GENE; CRY27 GENE; CRY29 GENE; CRY30 GENE; CRY32 GENE; CRY39 GENE; CRY40 GENE; CRY4A GENE; CRY4B GENE; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CYT1 GENE; CYT2 GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, BACTERIAL; INSECTICIDES; LATIN AMERICA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

LATIN AMERICA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; POSIBACTERIA; TRIXIS;

EID: 10744219644     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5269-5274.2003     Document Type: Article

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