Kinetics of plasmid transfer among Bacillus cereus group strains within lepidopteran larvae

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 425-431

  Yuan, Y M ^a   Hu, X M ^a   Liu, H Z ^a   Hansen, Bjarne Munk ^b   Yan, J P ^a   Yuan, Z M ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Bacillus thuringiensis; Conjugation; Insect larvae; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CRYSTAL; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENDOTOXINS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLASMIDS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; PLUTELLA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 34249033759     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0206-5     Document Type: Article

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