Bacillus thuringiensis genetics and phages-from transduction and sequencing to recombineering

Bacillus thuringiensis Biotechnology

Volumn 9789400730212, Issue , 2012, Pages 131-157

  Sorokin, Alexei ^a  

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus group; Bacillus thuringiensis; Genetic mapping; Recombineering; Transduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931331935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3021-2_7     Document Type: Chapter

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