Isolation and Characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis Strain BT-209 producing Cuboidal $\delta$ -endotoxin crystals

  • Jung, Yong-Chul (Bioproducts Research Group, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, KIST) ;
  • Kim, Sung-uk (Bioproducts Research Group, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, KIST) ;
  • Son, Kwang-Hee (Bioproducts Research Group, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, KIST) ;
  • Lee, Hyung-Hoan (Department of Biology, KonKuk University) ;
  • Bok, Song-Hae (Bioproducts Research Group, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, KIST)
  • 발행 : 1995.06.01

초록

Bacillus thuringiensis strain BT-209 was isolated from a soybean grain dust sample in Korea. The strain BT-209 produced two different sizes of cuboidal crystals and one spore in the cell. In the biochemical characterization, the strain BT-209 showed negative reactions on the production of urease, and the utilization of citrate and sucrose. Examination of its antibiotic resistance revealed that while the strain BT-209 showed higher sensitivity than B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-1 to ampicillin, bacitracin, chlortetracycline, gentamycin, neomycin, penicillin G, tetracycline and tobramycin, it was more resistant to methicillin than B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-1. The $\delta$-endotoxin crystal of strain BT-209 consisted of three proteins with apparent molecular weights of appoximately 148, 135 and 62 kDa on a 10% SDS-PAGE. The strain BT-209 had at least eight different plasmids with sizes of 4.1, 5.2, 6.3, 8.6, 14.6, 24.5, 67.6 and 77.6 Kb. The strain BT-209 showed strong lethalities of 70% and 87% against Bombyx mori and Hyphantria cunea larvae. at 72 h, respectively.

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