Molecular characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis strains from Argentina

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-92

  Franco Rivera, Alejandro ^a,c   Benintende, Graciela ^b   Cozzi, Jorge ^b   Baizabal Aguirre, Victor Manuel ^a   Valdez Alarcón, Juan José ^a   López Meza, Joel Edmundo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b Inst de Microbiol Zoologia Agric   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Insecticidal genes; New strains

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; VIP3A PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

BACTERIUM; NEW SPECIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTICARSIA GEMMATALIS; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE STRUCTURE; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; LC 50; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; TOXICITY; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEROTYPING;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; LEPIDOPTERA;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

EID: 5544219541     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ANTO.0000024913.94410.05     Document Type: Article

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