A 1.1-kilobase region downstream of the bin operon in Bacillus sphaericus strain 2362 decreases bin yield and crystal size in strain 2297

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 878-881

  Park, Hyun Woo ^a   Tang, Mujin ^b   Sakano, Yuko ^b   Federici, Brian A ^b  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; CRYSTAL SIZES; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATIONS; TOXIN PRODUCTIONS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BINS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

STRAIN;

BACTERIUM; MOSQUITO; RECOMBINATION; TOXIN;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULEX; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 59649095503     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01444-08     Document Type: Article

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