• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.57-61
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• 2005

A strain of Bacillus thuringiensis that showed signifi­cantly high toxicity to Plutella xylostella was isolated from a dust sample collected from Chinese tobacco warehouse and characterized. The isolate named B. thuringiensis LY-99 was determined to belong to subsp. alesti (H3a3c) by an H antisera agglutination test and produced bipyramidal inclusions. Plasmid and crystal protein patterns of the LY-99 were different from those of the reference strain, subsp. alesti. PCR analysis with specific primers revealed that this isolate contained abundant cry genes including crylAa, crylAc, crylB, crylD, crylE, crylF and cry2 genes, which was absolutely different from cry gene profile of the subsp. alesti. In addition, insecticidal activity of the LY-99 against P. xylostella larvae was about 44 times higher than that of the subsp. alesti.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.55-62
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• 1975

Bacillus thuringiensis var. alesti (H. Serotype III)로부터 분리된 단백질 독소의 물리화학적 성질 및 누에에 대한 생물학적 검정에 있어서 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. Nutrient agar 배지를 사용하여 항온기에서 3$0^{\circ}C$에 세균을 배양했을 때 완전한 Bacterial lysis는 30일 걸렸고 액체 배지를 사용하여 발효기(Fermentation Jar)에 배양했을 때는 그 기간이 반으로 단축되었다. 2. 분리된 결정체들만으로부터 추출된 단백질 독소와 포자-결정체의 혼합들로부터 분리된 독소와는 단백질 독소의 순수도에 있어서 차이가 없었다. 3. 단백질 결정체를 알카리(pH 9.5)에 용해시켜 Sodium Lauryl Sulphate Polyacrylamide gel을 사용한 전기영동 을 행했을 때 분자량이 120,000, 87,000, 74,000의 3개의 단백질의 분리되었다. 4. 분리된 독소의 누에에 대한 생물학적 검정에 있어서 4령기 누에 체중 g당 LD$_{50}$는 0.080$\mu\textrm{g}$이었다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.18-27
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• 2009

B. thuringiensis strain LY-99 belonging to subsp. alesti (H3a3c), was isolated from Chinese tobacco warehouse and showed significantly high toxicity to Plutella xylostella. For the identification of the cry1-type genes from B. thuringiensis LY-99, an extended multiplex PCRrestriction fragment length polymorphism (PCRRFLP) method was established by using two pairs of universal primers based on the conserved regions of the cry1-type genes to amplify around 2.4 kb cry1-type gene fragments. Then the DNA fragment was cloned into pGEM-T Easy vector and digested with EcoRI and EcoRV enzymes. Through this method, a known cry1-type gene was successfully identified from the reference strain, B. thuringiensis subsp. alesti. In addition, the RFLP patterns revealed that B. thuringiensis LY-99 included a novel cry1A-type gene in addition to cry1Aa, cry1Ac, cry1Be and cry1Ea genes. The novel cry1A-type gene was designated cry1Ah2 (Genbank accession No DQ269474). An inverse PCR method was used to amplify the flank regions of cry1Ah2 gene. Finally, 3143 bp HindIII fragment from B. thuringiensis LY-99 plasmid DNA including 5' region and partial ORF was amplified, and sequence analysis revealed that cry1Ah2 gene from LY-99 showed 89.31% of maximum sequence similarity with cry1Ac1 crystal protein gene. In addition, the deduced amino acid sequence of Cry1Ah2 protein shared 87.80% of maximum identity with that of Cry1Ac2. This protein therefore belongs to a new class of B. thuringiensis crystal proteins.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.348-351
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• 1988

Bacillus thuringiensis, 19 serovars가 $\alpha$-amylase를 생산하는지를 검색했다. 각 균주를 soluble starch가 포함된 배지에서 배양하여 iodine 용액으로 확인한 결과 B. thuringiensis serovar thuringiensis alesti, kurstaki, sotto, kenya, entomocidus, morrisoni, tolworthi, toumanoffi, thompsoni, pakistani, israelensis와 indiana는 아밀라제를 생산하였으며, 이중에서 serovar. thuringiensis가 생산을 제일 많이 했고, serovar. alesti와 tollworthi는 제일 낮았다. B. thuringiensis var, israelensis가 생산하는 $\alpha$-아밀라제의 활성은 pH6.7~7.2와 55~$65^{\circ}C$에서 제일 높았고, 효소생산은 LB배지보다 기본배지 (1.0% bacto-peptone, 0. 3% beef-extract, 0.3% yeast-extract, 0.5% NaCl, 0.3% $K_2$HPO$_4$와 0.1% KH$_2$PO$_4$, 0.2% Soluble Starch에 금속이온인 0.012% CaCl$_2$.2$H_2O$$_2$, 0.005% MnCl$_2$, 0.03% MgCl$_2$.7$H_2O$을 첨가한 배지에서 제일 높았다. 배양후 4시간 됐을 때에 $\alpha$-amylase 생산이 제일 높았다. Starch 배지에서는 0.6units/$m\ell$, glucose 배지에서는 0.43units/$m\ell$씩 생산되었다.