Bacillus sp. B16 kills nematodes with a serine protease identified as a pathogenic factor

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 722-730

  Qiuhong, Niu ^a   Xiaowei, Huang ^a   Baoyu, Tian ^a   Jinkui, Yang ^a   Jiang, Liu ^a   Lin, Zhang ^a   Keqin, Zhang ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CLONING; FUNGI; PATHOLOGY; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; NEMATODE CUTICLE; NEMATOTOXIC ACTIVITY;

ENZYMES;

SERINE PROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NEMATODE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CUTICLE; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PH MEASUREMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; BACILLUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLLAGEN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RHABDITIDA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUBTILISINS; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEMATODA; PANAGRELLUS REDIVIVUS;

EID: 31144458975     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-0019-5     Document Type: Article

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