Bacillus thuringiensis Biotechnology

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Sansinenea, Estibaliz (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Temas:
Biotechnology.
Industrial microbiology.
Life sciences.
Agriculture.
Industrial Microbiology.
Life Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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