• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.459-465
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• 1996

지금까지 많은 연구가 되어 있지 않던 Bacillus thuringiensis serovar. darmstadiensis의 내독소를 Renografin-76 단계적 기울기 원심분리로 분리하여 전자 현미경으로 관찰하여 이중피라미드 구조를 가진 독소 단백질을 확인하였으며 B. thuringiensis serovar. kurstaki HD1의 독소 생성유전자와 B. thuringiensis serovar. darmstadiensis의 유전자가 유사성이 있다는 보고를 근거로 하여 B. thuringiensis serovar. HD1의 독소 생성유전자를 가진 프로브(pUYBT 9044)로 이용하여 colony hybridization 및 Southern hybridization 한 결과 2.6Kb EcoRI 단편 및 3.6Kb Hind III 단편을 선발할 수 있었다. 이들 단편들은 B. thuringiensis serovar. kurstaki HD1 독소 유전자와 hybridization시 유사성이 있었다. 특히 3.5Kb HindIII 단편은 2.6Kb EcoR I 단편에 클로닝되어 있는 1.8Kb의 HD1 독소 유전자와 유사성이 있는 부분을 공유하고 있었으며 1.0Kb 정도의 EcoR I-HindIII 부분이 더 삽입한 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.772-776
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• 2004

Physiological and molecular characteristics of Bacillus thuringiensis SR6 and SR8 were investigated, and phase contrast and electron microscopies revealed that a large rhomboidal crystal protein was present in the sporulating cells. SDS-PAGE and Western blot analyses showed that B. thuringiensis SR8 produced 70 kDa protein much more than other proteins, and that the 70 kDa protein could bind to the antibody of B. thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis-crystal toxin protein, indicating that the crystal 70 kDa protein has an immunological homology with B. thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis-crystal toxin protein. The DNA fragment of B. thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis-toxin gene was detected in B. thuringiensis SR6 and SR8 by using PCR amplification analysis. Furthermore, the insect bioassay showed the insecticidal activity against Colorado potato beetle larvae. Based on the physiological and molecular similarities to B. thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis, it is suggested that the B. thuringiensis SR6 and SR8 may be mutants of the B. thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis strain overexpressing the crystal of 70 kDa toxin protein.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권8호
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• pp.1449-1456
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• 2017

The prevalence and toxin characteristics of Bacillus thuringiensis isolated from 39 organic vegetables were investigated. B. thuringiensis was detected in 30 out of the 39 organic vegetables (76.9%) with a mean value of 2.60 log CFU/g. Twenty-five out of the 30 B. thuringiensis isolates (83.3%) showed insecticidal toxicity against Spodoptera exigua. The hblCDA, nheABC, and entFM genes were found to be the major toxin genes, but the ces gene was not detected in any of the tested B. thuringiensis isolates. The hemolysin BL enterotoxin was detected in all 30 B. thuringiensis isolates (100%). The non-hemolytic enterotoxin complex was found in 27 out of 30 B. thuringiensis isolates (90.0%). The B. thuringiensis tested in this study had similar toxin gene characteristics to B. cereus, which possessed more than one toxin gene. B. thuringiensis could have the potential risk of foodborne illness based on the toxin genes and toxin-producing ability.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.361-367
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• 2010

쌀밥의 미생물 안전성을 평가하기 위하여 쌀을 취반한 후 세균을 분석하였다. 전국에서 생산되는 생쌀 30개를 수집하여 취반 후에 중온성 호기성균과 MYP선택배지에서 Bacillus cereus group를 분리 동정하여 그의 분포도와 독소유전자를 분석하였다. 취반 직후의 쌀밥 27%에서 1-3 log CFU/g정도의 총 중온성 호기균과 거의 같은 정도로의 Bacillus spp.가 존재하는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 균이 검출되지 않은 시료들도 증균한 후에는 B. cereus group균들이 검출되어 사실상 대부분의 시료에서 Bacillus spp.가 분포하고 있는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이들 시료로부터 37개의 분리하여 동정한 균주는 B. thuringiensis, B. cereus, B. valismortis, B. pumilus, B. coagulans, B. licheniformis, Geobacillus stearo-thermophilus, Brevibacillus laterosporus 등으로 나타났다. 분리 균주중 20개(54%)의 분리주가 B. thuringiensis로 나타났고 그 다음으로 9개(27%)의 B. cereus이였다. 그리고 3개(8%)의 B. valismortis와 각각 1개(3%)의 B. pumilus, B. coagulans, B. licheniformis, Geobacillus stearothermophilus, Brevibacillus laterosporus이였다. B. thuringiensis는 모두에서 non-hemolytic toxin gene(nhe)을 가지고 있었고 9개의 B. cereus중 7균주가 emetic toxin 유전자를 함유하고 있었다. 따라서 쌀밥에는 B. thuringiensis가 B. cereus보다 더 높은 빈도로 분포되어 있고 B. cereus는 설사형 독소유전자 보다는 구토형 독소를 더 많이 가지고 있었다. 취반 후 쌀밥을 상온에서 보관하여 발생되는 B. cereus 식중독은 설사형보다 구토형일 가능성이 더 많을 것으로 보인다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.1630-1633
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• 2008

A novel putative toxin-antitoxin segregational stability system named KyAB system was identified in a novel native plasmid pBMB8240 from Bacillus thuringiensis strain YBT-1520, based on sequences homology with other toxin-antitoxin systems, the lethal activity of the KyB putative toxin in Escherichia coli and the stabilizing effect of the kyAB system in Bacillus thuringiensis. Secondarily, the native plasmid pBMB9741 from the same strain was resequenced and the corrected plasmid was named as pBMB7635. Based on sequence homology with the tasAB system and the lethal activity of toxin protein in Escherichia coli, a tasAB-like putative toxin-antitoxin system was identified on pBMB7635.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.227-232
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• 1994

In order to microbially control root-knot nematode(Meloidogyne incognita) in tomato, a strain BtTH109 of Bacillus thuringiensis producing root-knot nematocidal toxin was isolated. The strain BtTH109 was identified B. thuringiensis subsp. indiana(serotype 16) based on flagella antigenicity, biochemical properties, and morphological charcateristics. The strain BtTH109 have extracellularly produced a root-knot nematocidal toxin, which was very toxic against not only egghatch but also the 2nd-nematode larva of root-knot nematode in vitro.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.227-231
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• 1992

식물병원성 사상균에 대해 길항력을 갖는 그람음성 Pseudomonas fluorescens KR164의 chromosome에 그람 양성인 Bacillus thuringiensis(BT)의 HD-1 toxin gene을 삽입하기 위하여 이 유전자를 갖는 plasmids pSUPBT과 pSUPBTR을 작성하였다. Conjugation을 이용한 transposition으로 P. fluorescens KR164의 chromosome에 이 plasmids를 삽입시켜 BT toxin 유전자를 갖는 P. fluorescens KR164의 변이균주를 조제하였다. Southern blotting으로 균주의 cellular DNAs를 조사한 결과 모든 변이균주에서 한 개 이상의 BT toxin gene의 삽입이 확인 되었으며 독소단백질의 존재 역시 SDS-PAGE에 의해서 확인되었으며 이러한 독소단백질의 결정 생성은 전자현미경에서도 확인되었다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.185-189
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• 2001

Wild type Bacilus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and B. sphaericus toxins have been used separately as active in ingredients for bacterial insecticides to control mosquito larvae due to their comparable toxicity to chemical insecticides. Cry11B, recently cloned from B. thuringiensis subsp. jegathesan, shows higher toxicity against three major species of mosquito larvae than Cry11A, one of the major component of B. thuringiensis subsp. israelensis inclusion body. To determine whether the combination of cry11B and B. sphaericus binary toxins is as toxic as B. thuringiensis subsp. israelensis parental strain, cry11B and B. sphaericus binary toxins genes were co-expressed as an operon using cytlA promoters/STAB-SD hybrid expression system in B. thuringiensis subsp. israelensis acrystalliferous strain 4Q7. However, unexpectedly, B. sphaericus binary toxins were barely produced, whereas relatively large amount of Cry11B was produced. When this strain was grown in four different media, NB+G and Peptonized Milk produced more toxin proteins and spores per unit of media than GYS and G-Tris. Toxicity of this strain against fourth instar Culex quinquefasciatus was ranged from of 8.3 to 45.7 ng/ml, with NB+G culture being the highest, and GYS culture was the lowest.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.2043-2048
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• 2015

Bacillus thuringiensis microbial insecticide products have been applied worldwide. Although a few cases of B. thuringiensis foodborne illness have been reported, little is known about the toxigenic properties of B. thuringiensis isolates. The aims of this study were to estimate the pathogenic potential of B. thuringiensis selected from microbial insecticide products, based on its possession of toxin genes and production of enterotoxins. Fifty-two B. thuringiensis strains selected from four kinds of microbial insecticide products were analyzed. PCR assay for detection of toxin genes and immunoassay for detection of enterotoxins were performed. The hemolysin BL complex as a major enterotoxin was produced by 17 (32.7%), whereas the non-hemolytic enterotoxin complex was detected in 1 (1.9%) of 52 B. thuringiensis strains. However, cytK, entFM, and ces genes were not detected in any of the tested B. thuringiensis strains. The potential risk of food poisoning by B. thuringiensis along with concerns over B. thuringiensis microbial insecticide products has gained attention recently. Thus, microbial insecticide products based on B. thuringiensis should be carefully controlled.

• BMB Reports
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• 제41권11호
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• pp.820-825
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• 2008

Bacillus thuringiensis Cyt2Aa toxin is a mosquito-larvicidal and cytolytic $\delta$-endotoxin, which is synthesized as a protoxin and forms crystalline inclusions within the cell. These inclusions are solubilized under alkaline conditions and are activated by proteases within the larval gut. In order to assess the functions of the N-and C-terminal regions of the protoxin, several N- and C-terminal truncated forms of Cyt2Aa were constructed. It was determined that amino acid removal at the N-terminal, which disrupts the $\beta$1 structure, might critically influence toxin production and inclusion formation. The deletion of 22 amino acids from the C-terminus reduced the production and solubility of the toxin. However, the removal of more than 22 amino acids from the C-terminus or the addition of a bulky group to this region could result in the inability of the protein to adopt the proper folding. These findings directly demonstrated the critical roles of N- and C-terminal amino acids on the production and folding of the B. thuringiensis cytolytic $\delta$-endotoxin.