Gut bacteria are not required for the insecticidal activity of Bacillus thuringiensis toward the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 5094-5099

  Johnston, Paul R ^a   Crickmore, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONCENTRATION OF; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GUT BACTERIA; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVAL GUT; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; MANDUCA SEXTA; SPODOPTERA LITURA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; THURINGIENSIS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOASSAY; FORESTRY;

TOXICITY;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CRY1AC TOXIN; INSECTICIDE;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; INSECTICIDE; MORTALITY; MOTH; SPORE; TOBACCO; TOXICITY TEST;

ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BEETLE; BIOASSAY; CELL KILLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INOCULATION; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; INTESTINE FLORA; LARVA; LETHALITY; MANDUCA SEXTA; MORTALITY; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PLASMA;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; MANDUCA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; MANDUCA SEXTA; PIERIS RAPAE; SPODOPTERA LITURA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; VANESSA CARDUI;

EID: 67651244061     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00966-09     Document Type: Article

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