EXPRESSION OF MOSQUITOCIDAL TOXIN GENES IN A GAS-VACUOLATED STRAIN OFANCYLOBACTER-AQUATICUS

Authors
YAP WH THANABALU T PORTER AG
Citation
Wh. Yap et al., EXPRESSION OF MOSQUITOCIDAL TOXIN GENES IN A GAS-VACUOLATED STRAIN OFANCYLOBACTER-AQUATICUS, Applied and environmental microbiology, 60(11), 1994, pp. 4199-4202
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
60
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
4199 - 4202
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1994)60:11<4199:EOMTGI>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A series of plasmids bearing the binary toxin genes of Bacillus sphaer icus 2297 or 2317.3, the 100-kDa toxin gene of B. sphaericus SSII-1, o r the 130-kDa (cryIVB) toxin gene ofBacillus thuringiensis subsp. isra elensis were constructed and introduced into Ancylobacter aquaticus by electroporation. The transformed A. aquaticus cells exhibited signifi cant toxicity towards mosquito larvae, demonstrating a potential use o f recombinant A. aquaticus for biological control of mosquitoes.