Conjugation by Mosquito Pathogenic Strains of Bacillus sphaericus

A mosquito pathogenic strain of Bacillus sphaericus carried out the conjugal transfer of plasmid pAMß1 to other strains of its own and two other serotypes. However, it was unable to conjugate with mosquito pathogens from three other serotypes, with B. sphaericus of other DNA homology groups or with...

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Main Authors: Margarita Correa, Allan A Yousten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1997-05-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761997000300020