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Genetic determinants of host ranges of Bacillus sphaericus mosquito larvicidal toxins

C Berry1, J Hindley, A F Ehrhardt

  • 1Insecticidal Toxins Laboratory, National University of Singapore.

Journal of Bacteriology
|January 1, 1993
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