• 농약과학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.446-455
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• 2010

주요 농업해충인 담배거세미나방에 대하여 높은 생물활성을 보이는 Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki KB099 균주의 내독소단백질의 특성이 검토되었다. 이 균주의 내독소단백질은 효소 처리 없는 SDS-PAGE 결과 HD-l 균주에서는 일부 용해되어 130 kDa과 60 kDa의 두 개의 단백질밴드가 나타났으나 KB099균주에서는 용해되지 않고 130kDa의 밴드만이 관찰되었다. KB099균주의 내독소단백질에 감수성 해충인 담배거세미나방의 중장액으로 소화하였을 때에는 약 60 kDa 단백질밴드가 형성됨을 확인하였다. 또한 두 균주의 각각의 내독소단백질에 감수성해충의 소화액으로 반응시켰을 때 생물활성이 약했던 HD-l균주는 약6시간 만에 주요 밴드가 사라지는데 비해 활성이 강한 KB099균주는 12시간이상 까지도 활성밴드가 유지되다가 24시간 정도에서 밴드가 사라졌다. KB099균주가 생산하는 내독소단백질 유전자의 탐색을 위한 PCR실험에서 Cry1Aa, Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac, Cry1C, Cry1D 그리고 Cry1I 등 6개의 유전자가 존재함을 확인하였다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.233-239
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• 1983

Bacillus thuringiensis 3ab K- 3 균주를 28$^{\circ}C$에서 UV광으로 돌연변이를 유도한 다음에 42$^{\circ}C$에서 24개의 Temperature-sensitive(ts)돌연변이 균주를 분리하여 42$^{\circ}C$에서의 성장과 항생제 저항성에 대한 성격을 연구하였다. 24개의 ts 돌연변이 균주중에 13개의 ts돌연변이체는 42$^{\circ}C$의 제한온도에서 전혀 성장을 하지 않았으며, 나머지 11개의 돌연변이체는 성장이 28$^{\circ}C$에서 보다 1/2 에서 1/4까지 감축되었다. 이러한 성격에 따라서 ts돌연변이체는 치사군과 비 치사군으로 나눌수 있었다. 또한 B. thuringiensis SI K-2을 nitrosoguanidine으로 28$^{\circ}C$에서 처리하여 7개의 Auxotrophic mutant을 분리하였다. A-N28은 Arg$^{-}$ . Gly$^{-}$ , Leu$^{-}$ , Met$^{-}$ , Ser$^{-}$ , Val$^{-}$ 을 요구했고, A-N 65는 Ala $^{-}$ , Gly$^{-}$ , Leu$^{-}$ , Met$^{-}$ , Ser$^{-}$ , Val$^{-}$ 을 요구했으며 A-N 92는 Gly$^{-}$ , Leu$^{-}$ , Met$^{-}$ 을, A-N115는 7개의 아미노산을 A-N156은 8개를 요구했다. B. thuringiensis 3ab K-3와 SI K-2 는 Penicillin, Ampicillin과 Cephalothin에 저항성을 나타냈고 ts-U171, A-N92와 A-N115는 이 세항생제에 민감성을 나타냈다. Temperature - sensitive돌연변이균주를 42$^{\circ}C$에서 24시간 배양후에 28$^{\circ}C$로 옮기어 배양한 결과 ts-U601, -U603, -U604와 -U171은 성장을 더 이상하지 않았다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.1057-1062
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• 2004

The entomopathogenic bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is the most widely used biopesticide. Insecticidal proteins, coded by genes located in plasmids, form typical parasporal, crystalline inclusions during sporulation. We isolated a Bacillus thuringiensis strain having insecticidal activity against larvae of the house fly (M. domestica) from the soils at a pig farm in Korea, and named it Bacillus thuringiensis SM. The culture filtrate from Bacillus thuringiensis SM showed strong lethality (83.3%) against M. domestica larvae. The parasporal crystal is enclosed within the spores' outermost envelope, as determined by transmission electron microscopy, and exhibited a bipyramidal form. The crystal proteins of strain SM consisted of five proteins with molecular weights of approximately ~130, ~80, ~68, ~42, and ~27 kDa on a 10% SDS-PAGE (major band, a size characteristic of Cry protein). Examination of antibiotic resistance revealed that the strain SM showed multiple resistant. The strain SM had at least three different plasmids with sizes of 6.6, 9.3, and 54 kb. Polymerase chain reactions (PCRs) revealed the presence of cry1, cry4A2, and cry11A1 genes in the strain SM. The cry1 gene profile of the strain SM appeared in the three respective products of 487 bp [cry1A(c)], 414 bp [cry1D], and 238 bp [cry1A(b)]. However, the strain SM has not shown the cry4A2 md cry11A1 genes. In in vivo toxicity assays, the strain SM showed high toxicity on fly larvae (M. domestic) [with $LC_{50}$ of 4.2 mg/ml, $LC_{90}$ of 8.2 mg/ml].

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.369-372
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• 1998

Microbial insecticide formulations were prepared by liquid and semi-solid fermentations using Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki, HL-106 (BTK-HL106), B. thuringiensis subsp. israelensis HL-63 (BTI-HL63) and B. sphaericus 1593 (BS-1593) strains. The liquid fermentation medium contained molasses 2%, dextrose 1.5%, peptone 2%, D-xylose 0.025%, CaCl$_2$ 0.1%, K$_2$HPO$_4$ 0.1%, KH$_2$PO$_4$ 0.1%, MgSO$_4$$.$7H$_2$O 0.03%, FeSO$_4$$.$7H$_2$O 0.002%, ZnSO$_4$$.$7H$_2$O 0.02%. The composition of the semi-solid fermentation medium was rice bran 45.2%, zeolite 31%, yeast powder 0.02%, corn powder 5%, dextrose 3%, lime 0.3%, NaCl 0.06%, CaCl$_2$ 0.02%, and H$_2$O 15.42%. Insecticide formulations produced in the liquid fermentation named BTK-HL106, BTI-HL63 and BS-1593 pesticides and those in the semi-solid fermentation were designated as BTK-HL106-1, BTI-HL63-1 and BS-1593-1 pesticides, respectively. The number of spore (endotoxin crystals) was 2.65${\times}$10$\^$9/ spores per $m\ell$ in the BTK-HL106 and 3.5${\times}$10$\^$10/ in the BTK-HL106-1 3.8${\times}$10$\^$9/ spores in the BTI-HL63 and 7.0${\times}$10$\^$10/ in the BTI-HL63-1, and 7.5${\times}$10$\^$9/ in the BS-1593 and 1.4${\times}$10$\^$10/ in the BS-1593-1. The spores in the BS-1593 formulation was produced two times more than the other formulations. The spores in the BTI-HL63-1 were contained twice than those in the BTK-HL106-1, and five times than those in the BS-1593-1. The results indicated that spore (endotoxin crystals) productions in the semi-solid fermentation increased about ten times than those in the liquid fermentations. $LC_{50}$s of the BTI-HL63 and BS-1593 were 4.5 $\mu\textrm{g}$, and those of the BTI-HL63-1 and BS-1593-1 were 1.5 $\mu\textrm{g}$. $LC_{50}$ of the BTK-HL106 was 1.5 mg and that of the BTK-HL106-1 was 0.9 mg. The $LC_{50}$s of the formulations in the semi-solid fermentations showed about two to three times higher than those in the liquid fermentations.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.289-297
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• 1991

The insecticidal protein gene in the pKL-20-1 clone derived from Bacillus thuringiensis serovar. kurstaki plasmid was subcloned in the plant shuttle vector, pGA643. The 7.3 kb fragment was cloned in the BglII and Hpal sites of pGA643 vector and expressed in E. coli S17-1, which produced insecticidal proteins killing Bombyx mori larvae. The clone was named pHL-20. The protoplast formation, calli induction and plantlet regeneration of Nicotiana tabacum was carried out. A tremendous number of mesophyll protoplasts of N. tabacum were formed, up to 7$\times$105 protoplast per ml, for 20 hours in darkness in the enzyme solution of 0.5% cellulase and 0.1% macerosin, pH 5.8. The viabilities of the protoplasts were maintained above 80% for 6 days in the media containing 2mg/1 of NAA and 1mg/1 of kinetin. Calli were induced from the protoplasts and leaves of the N. tabacum on MS medium containing 0.5mg/1 BAP. Under the culture conditions the protoplasts underwent repeated cell division into calli. Plantlets were regenerated from callus cultures derived from protoplast and leaves. Shoots were induced in a medium containing 1mg/1 of BAP.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.137-140
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• 1998

딱정 벌레목 유충에 살충성을 나타내는 형질 전환 토마토 식물체를 4세대까지 분자 육종을 하였다. 분자 육종된 4세대 식물체에서 살충성 유전자인 B.t.t. 독소 유전자와 유전자가 발현되는 것을 확인하였다. 이 4세대 형질 전환 식물체는 독소 유전자 발현에 의해 딱정 벌레 유충에 살충성을 나타내고 있음이 확인 되었고, 4세대 형질 전환 식물체는 염색체는 2 배수체로 확인되어 정상적인 토마토 식물체임이 증명 되었다. 이 결과들은 형질 전환에 사용된 독소 유전자가 다음 세대로 안정되게 유전되고 있음을 나타내고 있다는 증거이다. 이러한 형질 전환된 식물체의 분자 육종은 농업에 있어서 현재의 일시적인 해충 방제에 비해 장기적인 해충 구제에 대한 새로운 방법의 가능성을 제시하고 있다고 하겠다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.887-896
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• 2019

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)-based pathogen identification relies on the ribosomal protein spectra provided in the proprietary database. Although these mass spectra can discern various pathogens at species level, the spectra-based method still has limitations in identifying closely-related microbial species. In this study, to overcome the limits of the current MALDI-TOF MS identification method using ribosomal protein spectra, we applied MALDI-TOF MS of low-mass profiling to the identification of two genetically related Bacillus species, the food-borne pathogen Bacillus cereus, and the insect pathogen Bacillus thuringiensis. The mass spectra of small molecules from 17 type strains of two bacilli were compared to the morphological, biochemical, and genetic identification methods of pathogens. The specific mass peaks in the low-mass range (m/z 500-3,000) successfully identified various closely-related strains belonging to these two reference species. The intensity profiles of the MALDI-TOF mass spectra clearly revealed the differences between the two genetically-related species at strain level. We suggest that small molecules with low molecular weight, 714.2 and 906.5 m/z can be potential mass biomarkers used for reliable identification of B. cereus and B. thuringiensis.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.326-330
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• 1996

To illustrate whether a hemolysin in $\delta$-endotoxins of Bacillus thuringiensis strain 73E10-2 and subsp. israelensis had immunological identity, a cyt gene of the strain 73E10-2 which encodes a hemolysin was cloned to B. subtilis (transformant 2753). The transformant 2753 containing cyt gene produced the hemolysin which lysed sheep erythrocytes after treatment of proteinase K. The hemolysin was proved also to be toxic against mosquito larvae (Aedes aegypti). The molecular weight of the hemolysin produced from the transformant 2753 was determined to be about 25 kDa by SDS-PAGE and immunoblot. The hemolysin in $\delta$-endotoxin of subsp. israelensis and subsp. kyushensis did not react on immunoblot using polyclonal anti-$\delta$-endotoxin of the strain 73E10-2, but 70-140 kDa mosquitocidal toxins in $\delta$-endotoxin of subsp. kyushuensis reacted.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.285-289
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• 1994

An insecticidal crystal protein gene, cryIA(c), from Bacillus thuringiensis HD-73 was integrated into the chromosome of a xanthan-producing bacterium, Xanthomonas campestris XP92. The cryIA(c) gene expression cassette was constructed that placed the gene between the trc promoter and rrnB transcriptional terminator. The $lacl^q$ gene was also included to prevent the expression of cryIA(c) gene in X campestris cells. Southem blot analysis confirmed the integration of the cryIA(c) gene expression cassette in chromosome of X campestris XP92 transconjugant. Expression of the insecticidal crystal protein was confirmed by Western blot analysis and bioassay against the larvae of Hyphantria cunea (Lepidoptera： Arctiidae) and Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera：Plutellidae).

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 1991

국내농작물의 근부토양으로 분리한 Pseudomonas의 염색체 DNA에 Tn5를 사용하여 Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD73의 독소유전자(cp)를 도입하였다. Tn5의 중심부위에 있는 BamHI위치 (Tn5-cp)와 BglII 위치 (IS5OL-cp)에 각각 독소유 전자를 도입하였으며 두 종류의 Pseudomonas 균주에는 Tn5-cp로써 그리고 다른 세 종류의 Pseudomonase 균주에는 IS5OL-cp로써 transposition하였다. 면역학적 방법과 흰불나방 애벌레에 대한 살충성 검정으로서 독소유전자의 도입과 발현을 확인하였다.