Applied and Environmental Microbiology (1996) 62, 2174-2176

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J.W. Liu, A.G. Porter, B.Y. Wee and T. Thanabalu (1996)
New gene from nine Bacillus sphaericus strains encoding highly conserved 35.8-kilodalton mosquitocidal toxins
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 62 (6), 2174-2176
Abstract: A new gene encoding a 35.8-kDa mosquitocidal toxin (Mtx3; 326 amino acids) was isolated from Bacillus sphaericus SSII-1 DNA. Mtx3 is a new type of mosquitocidal toxin with homology to the Mtx2 mosquitocidal toxin of B. sphaericus SSII-1, the epsilon-toxin of Clostridium perfringens, and the cytotoxin of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The mtx3 gene is highly conserved and widely distributed in both high- and low- toxicity mosquito larvicidal strains of B. sphaericus.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
molecular biology - genes

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Lysinibacillus sphaericus (entomopathogen)
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