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Fernanda Vázquez-Ramírez M, Ibarra JE, Edith Casados-Vázquez L, Eleazar Barboza-Corona J, Rincón-Castro MCD. Molecular and Toxicological Characterization of a Bacillus thuringiensis Strain Expressing a Vip3 Protein Highly Toxic to Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 2022; 115:1455-1463. [PMID: 35930375 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toac116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The characterization of the Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner) LBIT-418 strain was based on a previous work which indicated its high insecticidal potential. Therefore, toxicological, molecular, and biochemical characterizations were conducted in this work to identify its unique features and its potential to be developed as a bioinsecticide. This strain, originally isolated from a healthy mosquito larva, was identified within the subspecies kenyae by sequencing of the hag gene and by the multilocus sequence typing (MLST) technique. Genes cry1Ac2, cry1Ea3, cry2Aa1 and cry2Ab4, and a cry1Ia were detected in its genome, in addition to a vip3Aa gene. In this research, the latter protein was successfully cloned, expressed, and purified and showed high toxicity towards the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), fourth instar larvae in bioassays using the microdroplet ingestion technique, estimating an LD50 of 21.38 ng/larva. Additional bioassays were performed using the diet surface inoculation technique of the strain's spore-crystal complex against diamondback moth larvae, Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus), estimating an LC50 of 10.22 ng/cm2. Its inability to produce β-exotoxin was demonstrated by bioassays against the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans Maupas and by HPLC analysis. These results support the high potential of this strain to be developed as a bioinsecticide.
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- María Fernanda Vázquez-Ramírez
- Departamento de Alimentos, Posgrado en Biociencias, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Universidad de Guanajuato, Ex Hacienda El Copal Km., Carretera Irapuato-León, Irapuato, Guanajuato, México
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- Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Cinvestav Unidad Irapuato, Irapuato, Guanajuato, México
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- Departamento de Alimentos, Posgrado en Biociencias, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Universidad de Guanajuato, Ex Hacienda El Copal Km., Carretera Irapuato-León, Irapuato, Guanajuato, México
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- Departamento de Alimentos, Posgrado en Biociencias, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Universidad de Guanajuato, Ex Hacienda El Copal Km., Carretera Irapuato-León, Irapuato, Guanajuato, México
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- Departamento de Alimentos, Posgrado en Biociencias, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Universidad de Guanajuato, Ex Hacienda El Copal Km., Carretera Irapuato-León, Irapuato, Guanajuato, México
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García-Suárez R, Verduzco-Rosas LA, Ibarra JE. Isolation and characterization of two highly insecticidal, endophytic strains of Bacillus thuringiensis. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2021; 97:fiab080. [PMID: 34117749 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Recent discovery of endophytic strains of Bacillus thuringiensis significantly improves the knowledge on its ecology. It also may be a new source for the isolation of insecticidal strains. This report shows the characterization of two endophytic, highly insecticidal strains of B. thuringiensis. Strains LBIT-1250L and LBIT-1251P were isolated from lavender and Poinsettia sap, respectively. Their parasporal crystals were very similar in morphology to those shown by serotypes israelensis and kurstaki, respectively. Bioassays on Aedes aegypti fourth instar larvae and on Manduca sexta first instar larvae, respectively, showed significantly higher levels of toxicity than those of their standard counterparts, IPS-82 (israelensis) and HD-1 (kurstaki) strains, respectively. Characterization of both strains included the sequencing of flagellin (hag) gene, plasmid and Bc Rep-PCR patterns and crystal protein content. All four characterization features indicated that LBIT1250L is highly related to the IPS-82 standard (serotype H-14: israelensis); while the LBIT-1251P was highly related to the HD-1 standard (serotype H-3a3b3c kurstaki). These results indicate that endophytic strains of B. thuringiensis may be a new source of potential insecticidal strains and opens more in-depth studies about the role of this bacterium in such a specialized habitat.
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- Rosalina García-Suárez
- Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Apartado postal 629, 36500 Irapuato, Gto., Mexico
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- Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Apartado postal 629, 36500 Irapuato, Gto., Mexico
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- Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Apartado postal 629, 36500 Irapuato, Gto., Mexico
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Gu J, Ye R, Xu Y, Yin Y, Li S, Chen H. A historical overview of analysis systems for Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry proteins. Microchem J 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2021.106137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Verduzco-Rosas LA, García-Suárez R, López-Tlacomulco JJ, Ibarra JE. Selection and characterization of two Bacillus thuringiensis strains showing nematicidal activity against Caenorhabditis elegans and Meloidogyne incognita. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2021; 368:6171021. [PMID: 33720297 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnaa186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Bacillus thuringiensis has been widely used as a biological control agent against insect pests. Additionally, nematicidal strains have been under investigation. In this report, 310 native strains of B. thuringiensis against Caenorhabditis elegans were tested. Only the LBIT-596 and LBIT-107 strains showed significant mortality. LC50s of spore-crystal complexes were estimated at 37.18 and 31.89 μg/mL for LBIT-596 and LBIT-107 strains, respectively, while LC50s of partially purified crystals was estimated at 23.76 and 20.25 μg/mL for LBIT-596 and LBIT-107, respectively. The flagellin gene sequence and plasmid patterns indicated that LBIT-596 and LBIT-107 are not related to each other. Sequences from internal regions of a cry5B and a cyt1A genes were found in the LBIT-596 strain, while a cry21A, a cry14A and a cyt1A genes were found in the LBIT-107 strain. Genome sequence of the LBIT-107 strain showed new cry genes, along with other virulence factors, hence, total nematicidal activity of the LBIT-107 strain may be the result of a multifactorial effect. The highlight of this contribution is that translocation of spore-crystal suspensions of LBIT-107 into tomato plants inoculated at their rhizosphere decreased up to 90% the number of galls of Meloidogyne incognita, perhaps the most important nematode pest in the world.
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- Luis A Verduzco-Rosas
- Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Apartado postal 629, 36500 Irapuato, Gto. Mexico
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- Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Apartado postal 629, 36500 Irapuato, Gto. Mexico
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- Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Apartado postal 629, 36500 Irapuato, Gto. Mexico
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- Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Apartado postal 629, 36500 Irapuato, Gto. Mexico
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Bacillus thuringiensis: a successful insecticide with new environmental features and tidings. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 101:2691-2711. [PMID: 28235989 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8175-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is known as the most successful microbial insecticide against different orders of insect pests in agriculture and medicine. Moreover, Bt toxin genes also have been efficiently used to enhance resistance to insect pests in genetically modified crops. In light of the scientific advantages of new molecular biology technologies, recently, some other new potentials of Bt have been explored. These new environmental features include the toxicity against nematodes, mites, and ticks, antagonistic effects against plant and animal pathogenic bacteria and fungi, plant growth-promoting activities (PGPR), bioremediation of different heavy metals and other pollutants, biosynthesis of metal nanoparticles, production of polyhydroxyalkanoate biopolymer, and anticancer activities (due to parasporins). This review comprehensively describes recent advances in the Bt whole-genome studies, the last updated known Bt toxins and their functions, and application of cry genes in plant genetic engineering. Moreover, the review thoroughly describes the new features of Bt which make it a suitable cell factory that might be used for production of different novel valuable bioproducts.
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Reinoso-Pozo Y, Del Rincón-Castro MC, Ibarra JE. Characterization of a highly toxic strain of Bacillus thuringiensis serovar kurstaki very similar to the HD-73 strain. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2016; 363:fnw188. [PMID: 27535648 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnw188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The LBIT-1200 strain of Bacillus thuringiensis was recently isolated from soil, and showed a 6.4 and 9.5 increase in toxicity, against Manduca sexta and Trichoplusia ni, respectively, compared to HD-73. However, LBIT-1200 was still highly similar to HD-73, including the production of bipyramidal crystals containing only one protein of ∼130 000 kDa, its flagellin gene sequence related to the kurstaki serotype, plasmid and RepPCR patterns similar to HD-73, no production of β-exotoxin and no presence of VIP genes. Sequencing of its cry gene showed the presence of a cry1Ac-type gene with four amino acid differences, including two amino acid replacements in domain III, compared to Cry1Ac1, which may explain its higher toxicity. In conclusion, the LBIT-1200 strain is a variant of the HD-73 strain but shows a much higher toxicity, which makes this new strain an important candidate to be developed as a bioinsecticide, once it passes other tests, throughout its biotechnological development.
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- Yaritza Reinoso-Pozo
- Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, 36500 Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Departamento de Alimentos, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad de Guanajuato, 36500 Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, 36500 Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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