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Unraveling how a soil-dwelling bacterium kills insects promises to deliver new biopesticides.

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Figure 1: Insecticidal toxin complex genes from pseudomonads.

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  1. Center for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter in Cornwall, Tremough Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, UK

    Richard H ffrench-Constant & Nicholas R Waterfield

  2. Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Claverton Down, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK

    Richard H ffrench-Constant & Nicholas R Waterfield

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ffrench-Constant, R., Waterfield, N. Ground control for insect pests. Nat Biotechnol 24, 660–661 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0606-660

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