Publication Type
Journal Article
Journal Name
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
Publication Date
11-1-1998
Abstract
Bacillus thuringiensis israelensisδ-endotoxin genes were inserted into transposon Tn917in plasmid pTV51Ts and cloned into the chromosome ofBacillus sphaericus2362. Many of the transformants reacted with antibody to the 135-, 128-, 65-, and 28-kDaB.t.israelensistoxin proteins and were approximately 10 times more toxic toA. aegyptilarvae than the untransformed host. Some of the transformants differed physiologically and morphologically from the wild-typeB. sphaericus.The toxicity of the transformed phenotype was maintained through many transfers in the absence of selective pressure. © 1998 Academic Press.
Recommended Citation
Bar, E., Sandler, N., Makayoto, M., & Keynan, A. (1998). Expression of Chromosomally InsertedBacillus thuringiensis israelensisToxin Genes inBacillus sphaericus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 72 (3), 206-213. https://doi.org/10.1006/jipa.1998.4787