Occurrence of bacillus thuringiensis in faeces of herbivorous farm animals

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 47, 2010, Pages 8013-8019

  Maheswaran, S ^a   Sreeramanan, S ^b   Reena Josephine, C M ^a   Marimuthu, K ^a   Xavier, R ^a  

^a AIMST UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Animal faces; Bacillus thuringiensis; Isolation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FARM ANIMAL; FECES; GOAT; HEMOLYSIS; HERBIVORE; MANURE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOIL;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78649670554     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb10.1253     Document Type: Article

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