Conjugal transfer of a toxin-coding megaplasmid from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis to mosquitocidal strains of Bacillus sphaericus

Gammon, Katherine, Jones, Gareth W., Hope, Steven J., de Oliveira, Cláudia M. F., Regis, Lêda, Silva Filha, Maria Helena N.L., Dancer, Brian Norman and Berry, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9943-548X 2006. Conjugal transfer of a toxin-coding megaplasmid from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis to mosquitocidal strains of Bacillus sphaericus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72 (3) , pp. 1766-1770. 10.1128/AEM.72.3.1766-1770.2006

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Abstract

Both Bacillus sphaericus and Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis produce mosquitocidal toxins during sporulation and are extensively used in the field for control of mosquito populations. All the known toxins of the latter organism are known to be encoded on a large plasmid, pBtoxis. In an attempt to combine the best properties of the two bacteria, an erythromycin resistance-marked pBtoxis plasmid was transferred to B. sphaericus by a mating technique. The resulting transconjugant bacteria were significantly more toxic to Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and were able to overcome resistance to B. sphaericus in a resistant colony of Culex quinquefasciatus, apparently due to the production of Cry11A but not Cry4A or Cry4B. The stability of the plasmid in the B. sphaericus host was moderate during vegetative growth, but segregational instability was observed, which led to substantial rates of plasmid loss during sporulation.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
ISSN:	0099-2240
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2022 08:47
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/1058

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