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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-5-25
pubmed:abstractText
Bacillus sphaericus IAB872 has high toxicity against susceptible Culex spp. and medium larvicidal activity against binary toxin-resistant Culex spp. Sequence analysis revealed that the sequence of the binary toxin gene from IAB872 was totally identical to that of the reference strain 2362. The recombinant plasmids were introduced into an acrystalliferous B. thuringiensis strain 4Q7, and the resulting transformants produced parasporal inclusion composed of 51 kDa and 42 kDa proteins during sporulation. SDS-PAGE and Western blot further confirmed that B. thuringiensis transformants were able to express the binary toxin in a high level. Toxicity bioassays showed that they performed high toxicity to susceptible Culex spp. larvae, but no toxicity to resistant Culex larvae. It was, therefore, suggested that other unknown toxins perhaps existed in the wild strain IAB872 except the binary toxin. Their modes of action might be different from that of binary toxin, and they were possibly responsible for the activity of the wild strain IAB872 against resistant mosquito larvae.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0343-8651
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
21-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning and expression of the binary toxin gene from Bacillus sphaericus IAB872 in a crystal-minus Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis.
pubmed:affiliation
Wuhan Institute of Virology, Academia Sinica, Wuhan 430071, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't