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Natural occurrence of Bacillus thuringiensis on grass foliage

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  1. Department of Ecology and Molecular Biology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Thorvalsensvej 40, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C., Denmark

    P.H. Damgaard & J. Eilenberg

  2. Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Microbiology, Kasr-El-Aini Street, Cairo, Egypt

    A. Abdel-Hameed

  3. DLO Research Institute for Plant Protection (IPO-DLO), Wageningen, The Netherlands

    P.H. Smits

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Damgaard, P., Abdel-Hameed, A., Eilenberg, J. et al. Natural occurrence of Bacillus thuringiensis on grass foliage. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 14, 239–242 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008890315150

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