Discovery of crystalline inclusions in Bacillus licheniformis that resemble parasporal crystals of Bacillus thuringiensis

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1111-1115

  Yan, Ming ^a   Roehrl, Michael H ^b   Wang, Julia Y ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus licheniformis; Bacillus thuringiensis; Crystal inclusion; Crystalline protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PESTICIDES; PROTEINS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CRYSTAL INCLUSIONS; CRYSTALLINE PROTEINS;

INCLUSIONS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; FATTY ACID; INSECTICIDE; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; CRYSTAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; SPORE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL INCLUSION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE SEQUENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; TAXONOMY;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENDOTOXINS; FATTY ACIDS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INCLUSION BODIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 35948988824     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W07-076     Document Type: Article

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