The ecology of Bacillus thuringiensis on the phylloplane: Colonization from soil, plasmid transfer, and interaction with larvae of Pieris brassicae

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-139

  Bizzarri, M F ^a   Bishop, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BRASSICA; CLOVER; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLASMID;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BRASSICA; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ECOLOGY; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLANT LEAVES; PLASMIDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRIFOLIUM;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. CHINENSIS; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; HEXAPODA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 44949136623     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9331-1     Document Type: Article

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