Use of endophytic diazotrophic bacteria as a vector to express the cry3A gene from Bacillus thuringiensis

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 155-161

  Salles, Joana Falcão ^a   Gitahy, Patrícia De Medeiros ^b   Skøt, Leif ^c   Baldani, José Ivo ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cry gene; Diazotrophic; Endophytic bacteria; Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus; Herbaspirillum seropedicae

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GLUCONACETOBACTER; GLUCONACETOBACTER DIAZOTROPHICUS; HERBASPIRILLUM; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 20444417239     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822000000300001     Document Type: Article

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