The purL gene of Bacillus subtilis is associated with nematicidal activity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 322, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-107

  Xia, Yanfei ^a   Xie, Shanshan ^a   Ma, Xin ^a   Wu, Huijun ^a   Wang, Xuan ^a   Gao, Xuewen ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Biocontrol; Nematicidal related genes; Plant parasitic nematodes; PurL

Indexed keywords

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

APHELENCHOIDES BESSEYI; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BURSAPHELENCHUS XYLOPHILUS; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DITYLENCHUS DESTRUCTOR; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; HELMINTH; LETTER; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURL GENE; SUPERNATANT; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; NEMATODA; PLANTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

APHELENCHOIDES BESSEYI; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BURSAPHELENCHUS XYLOPHILUS; DITYLENCHUS DESTRUCTOR; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; NEMATODA;

EID: 80051671944     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02336.x     Document Type: Letter

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