Multiple-locus sequence typing analysis of Bacillus thuringiensis recovered from the phylloplane of clover (Trifolium hybridum) in vegetative form

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 619-625

  Bizzarri, M F ^a   Prabhakar, A ^a   Bishop, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLOVER; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLASMID;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PLANT LEAVES; PLASMIDS; TRIFOLIUM;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM;

EID: 42649102320     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9305-3     Document Type: Article

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