Development of mutants of the mosquitocidal bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies morrisoni (PG-14) toxic to lepidopterous or dipterous insects.

doi:10.1016/0378-1097(90)90293-y

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Development of mutants of the mosquitocidal bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies morrisoni (PG-14) toxic to lepidopterous or dipterous insects.

FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Jan 1990

Padua L E, Federici B A

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The parasporal body of the mosquitocidal isolate (PG-14) of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. morrisoni (BTM) contains five major proteins with molecular masses of, respectively, 27.3, 65, 128, 135, and 144 kDa. Proteins corresponding in mass to the first four of these also occur in the mosquitocidal...

Topics

Animals
Bacillus thuringiensis
Bacterial Proteins
Culicidae
Diptera
Lepidoptera
Mutation
Pest Control, Biological

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