A novel strain of Brevibacillus laterosporus produces chitinases that contribute to its biocontrol potential

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1601-1611

  Prasanna, Lakshmi ^a   Eijsink, Vincent G H ^a   Meadow, Richard ^b   Gåseidnes, Sigrid ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brevibacillus laterosporus; chitinase; Diamondback moth; Plutella xylostella

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA SEQUENCING; AMMONIUM SULFATE PRECIPITATION; ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; BREVIBACILLUS LATEROSPORUS; CHITIN AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHITINASE ACTIVITIES; CHITINASES; CHITINOLYTIC ACTIVITY; CHITINOLYTIC ENZYMES; COLLOIDAL CHITIN; DIAMONDBACK MOTH; EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR CHITINASES; FUSARIUM EQUISETI; INSECT TOXICITY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MARSH SOILS; MASS SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS; NOVEL STRAINS; OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE; PH OPTIMA; PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION; PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGI; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; SOLE CARBON SOURCE;

BIOCONTROL; RNA;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

ALLOSAMIDIN; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CHITIN; CHITINASE; RNA 16S;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOPESTICIDE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHITIN; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHIBITION; LARVA; MANGROVE; MARSH; MORTALITY; MOTH; PH; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TOXICITY TEST;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BREVIBACILLUS; BREVIBACILLUS LATEROSPORUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUSARIUM; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPE; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BREVIBACILLUS; CHITINASE; ENZYME STABILITY; FUSARIUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; INSECTICIDES; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

INDIA;

BREVIBACILLUS LATEROSPORUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM EQUISETI; HEXAPODA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE;

EID: 84874359290     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4019-y     Document Type: Article

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