Construction of a Pseudomonas sp. derivative carrying the cry9Aa gene from Bacillus thuringiensis and a proposal for new standard criteria to assess entomocidal properties of bacteria

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 690-699

  Alberghini, Sara ^a   Filippini, Rachele ^a   Marchetti, Elisa ^b   Dindo, Maria Luisa ^b   Shevelev, Alexei B ^c   Battisti, Andrea ^a   Squartini, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c BACH INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; cry9Aa; Entomocidal toxins; Epiphytic bacteria; Galleria mellonella

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; DNA 16S;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRY9AA GENE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA SEQUENCE; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC REGULATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST CELL; HOST RANGE; LARVAL STAGE; LC 50; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS GRAMINIS; PSEUDOMONAS LUTEA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOTOXINS; GENETIC VECTORS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LARVA; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR GALLERIAE; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; INSECTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PINUS NIGRA; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 20444400199     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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