Molecular typing of native Bacillus thuringiensis isolates from diverse habitats in India using REP-PCR and ERIC-PCR analysis

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-94

  Katara, Jawahar ^a   Deshmukh, Rupesh ^a   Singh, Nagendra K ^a   Kaur, Sarvjeet ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; ERIC PCR; India; Molecular typing; REP

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIAL REPETITIVE INTERGENIC CONSENSUS POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HABITAT QUALITY; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; REPETITIVE EXTRAGENIC PALINDROMIC POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; INDIA; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; NEMATODA;

EID: 84861210650     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.58.83     Document Type: Article

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