Bacillus thuringiensis Biotechnology [E-Book] / edited by Estibaliz Sansinenea.
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has been used as a biopesticide in agriculture, forestry and mosquito control because of its advantages of specific toxicity against target insects, lack of polluting residues and safety to non-target organisms. The insecticidal properties of this bacterium are due to ins...
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Personal Name(s): | Sansinenea, Estibaliz. editor |
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Dordrecht :
Springer,
2012
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Physical Description: |
XVI, 392p. 22 illus., 12 illus. in color. online resource. |
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englisch |
ISBN: |
9789400730212 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-94-007-3021-2 |
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- Index Of Contributors
- Preface
- PART I BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS: AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFETY ALTERNATIVE
- 1 Discovery and description of Bacillus thuringiensis
- 2 Bacillus thuringiensis applications in agriculture
- 3 Risk Assessment of Bt Transgenic Crops
- 4 Use and efficacy of Bt compared to less environmentally safe alternatives
- 5 Protein Engineering of Bacillus thuringiensis δ-Endotoxins
- PART II GENETICS OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS
- 6 Evolution of the Bacillus cereus group
- 7 Bacillus thuringiensis genetics and phages - from transduction and sequencing to recombineering
- 8 Conjugation in Bacillus thuringiensis: insights into the plasmids exchange process
- 9 Shuttle vectors of Bacillus thuringiensis
- 10 Construction and application in plasmid vectors of Bacillus cereus group
- 11 Recombination in Bacillus thuringiensis
- 12 Genetic improvement of Bt strains and development of novel biopesticides
- PART III BT AS BIOPESTICIDE: APPLICATIONS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
- 13 Genetically Modified Bacillus thuringiensis Biopesticides
- 14 Bacillus thuringiensis Recombinant Insecticidal Protein Production
- 15 Bt crops: past and future
- 16 A Review of the Food Safety of Bt Crops
- PART IV OTHER BACILLUS SPECIES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
- 17 The most important Bacillus species in biotechnology
- 18 Secondary metabolites of Bacillus: potentials in biotechnology
- 19 Future challenges and prospects of Bacillus thuringiensis.