The residual occurrences of Bacillus thuringiensis biopesticides in food and beverages

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 68-72

  Zhou, Guoping ^a,b,c   Yan, Jianping ^a   Dasheng, Zheng ^a   Zhou, Xiaohui ^b   Yuan, Zhiming ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Biopesticide; Crystal proteins; Enterotoxic gene; Food; Occurrence

Indexed keywords

KAIYAN; LVPUAN; PESTICIDE; QIANGDI; SUTAI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEVERAGE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY1A GENE; FOOD; FRUIT JUICE; ICE CREAM; MILK; NONHUMAN; PEACH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEROTYPING; SPOROGENESIS; TEA;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BEVERAGES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOTOXINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MILK; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEROTYPING; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEA;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 50649085692     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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