Isolation and characterization of the local entomopathogenic bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis isolates from different Egyptian soils

Isolation and characterization of the local entomopathogenic bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis isolates from different Egyptian soils

Abstract The local entomopathogenic bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) was isolated and characterized from 16 soil samples collected from different governorates in Egypt. Among 56 bacterial colonies obtained, only 16 colonies were characterized by traits of Bacillus. All the 16 isolates were tox...

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Main Authors: Aya Abo-Bakr, Eman Mahmoud Fahmy, Fatma Badawy, Ashraf Oukasha Abd El-latif, Saad Moussa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-05-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
Subjects:
Bacillus thuringiensis
Egyptian isolates
Crystal proteins
Bioassay
16SrRNA
Cry genes
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41938-020-00250-z

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