Espinasse Sylvain, Gohar Michel, Chaufaux Josette, Buisson Christophe, Perchat Stéphane, Sanchis Vincent
Unité de Recherches de Lutte Biologique, INRA La Minière, 78285 Guyancourt, France.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2002 Sep;68(9):4182-6. doi: 10.1128/AEM.68.9.4182-4186.2002.
Examination of 640 natural isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis showed that the 58 strains (9%) whose supernatants were toxic to Anthonomus grandis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) produced between 10 and 175 micro g of beta-exotoxin I per ml. We also found that 55 (46%) of a sample of 118 strains whose culture supernatants were not toxic to A. grandis nevertheless produced between 2 and 5 micro g/ml. However, these amounts of beta-exotoxin I were below the threshold for detectable toxicity against this insect species. Secretion of large amounts of beta-exotoxin I was strongly associated with the presence of cry1B and vip2 genes in the 640 natural B. thuringiensis isolates studied. We concluded that strains carrying cry1B and vip2 genes also possess, on the same plasmid, genetic determinants necessary to promote high levels of production of beta-exotoxin I.
对640株苏云金芽孢杆菌自然分离株的检测表明,其培养上清液对大谷象(鞘翅目:象甲科)有毒性的58株菌株(9%),每毫升产生10至175微克的β-外毒素I。我们还发现,在118株培养上清液对大谷象无毒的菌株样本中,有55株(46%)每毫升仍产生2至5微克。然而,这些β-外毒素I的量低于对该昆虫物种可检测到毒性的阈值。在所研究的640株苏云金芽孢杆菌自然分离株中,大量β-外毒素I的分泌与cry1B和vip2基因的存在密切相关。我们得出结论,携带cry1B和vip2基因的菌株在同一质粒上还拥有促进β-外毒素I高水平产生所必需的遗传决定因素。