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Role of plasmid plasticity and mobile genetic elements in the entomopathogen Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis.
FEMS microbiology reviews - 1 Nov 2018
Gillis Annika, Fayad Nancy, Makart Lionel, Bolotin Alexander, Sorokin Alexei, Kallassy Mireille, Mahillon Jacques
Abstract excerpt
Bacillus thuringiensis is a well-known biopesticide that has been used for more than 80 years. This spore-forming bacterium belongs to the group of Bacillus cereus that also includes, among others, emetic and diarrheic pathotypes of B. cereus, the animal pathogen Bacillus anthracis and the psychrotolerant Bacillus weihenstephanensis. Bacillus thuringiensis is rather unique since it has adapted its lifestyle as an...
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