Ecology and diversity of Bacillus thuringiensis in soil environment

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1587-1591

  Chatterjee, S N ^a   Bhattacharya, T ^b   Dangar, T K ^c   Chandra, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

^b VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CENTRAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Isolates; Polymorphic crystal; Soil

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ARGININE DEIMINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATALASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; INDOLE; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN B; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STREPTOMYCIN; UREASE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SOIL;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34447561928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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