*Resistance ratio = (LC50 of Bt-RU)/(LC50 of Bt-S) [15] Median lethal concentration of Bt (Dipel; KIU ml−1 diet) for final instar Bt-S and Bt-RU larvae that were pre-fed one of five diets differing
Burkholderia pseudomallei, as a saprophytic bacterium that can cause a severe sepsis disease named melioidosis, has preserved several extra genes in its genome for survival. The sequenced genome of th
aThe ΔospC/FL/1, ΔospC/FL/2, ΔospC/ΔNt5/1 and ΔospC/ΔNt5/2 spirochetes were grown to late-log phase (108 cells per ml) and 10-fold serially diluted with BSK-H medium. Approximately 100 µl of bacterial
