Free Content Characterization of mosquito larvicidal parasporal inclusions of a Bacillus thuringiensis serovar higo strain

Authors: Saitoh1; Higuchi1; Mizuki1; Hwang; Ohba2

Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology, Volume 84, Number 5, June 1998 , pp. 883-888(6)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

The parasporal inclusion proteins of the type strain of Bacillus thuringiensis serovar higo (H44), that have moderate mosquitocidal activity, were characterized. The purified parasporal inclusions, spherical in shape, were examined for activity against the two mosquito species, Culex pipiens molestus and Anopheles stephensi and the moth-fly, Telmatoscopus albipunctatus. The LC50 values of the inclusion for the two mosquitoes were 3·41 and 0·15 mug ml-1, respectively. No mortality was shown for T. albipunctatus larvae by the inclusions at concentrations up to 1 mg ml-1. Solubilized parasporal inclusions exhibited no haemolytic activity against sheep erythrocytes. Parasporal inclusions consisted of eight proteins with molecular masses of 98, 91, 71, 63, 59, 50, 44 and 27 kDa. Of these, the 50 and 44 kDa proteins were the major components. Analysis with immunoblotting revealed that, among several inclusion proteins of B. thuringiensis serovar israelensis, only two proteins of 130 kDa and 110 kDa reacted weakly with antibodies against higo proteins. N-terminal amino acid sequences of the 98, 91, and 71 kDa proteins showed 85–100% identity to those of the two established Cry protein classes, Cry4A and Cry10A.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00426.x

Affiliations: 1: Section of Applied Microbiology, Fukuoka Industrial Technology Centre, Kurume, 2: Institute of Biological Control, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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