A genetic basis for the alkaline-activation of germination in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis

Abdoarrahem, M. M., Gammon, K., Dancer, B. N. and Berry, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9943-548X 2009. A genetic basis for the alkaline-activation of germination in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75 (19) , pp. 6410-6413. 10.1128/AEM.00962-09

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Abstract

Differences in activation between spores from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis with and without the toxin-encoding plasmid pBtoxis are demonstrated. Following alkaline activation, the strain bearing pBtoxis shows a significantly greater germination rate. Expression of just three genes constituting a previously identified, putative ger operon from this plasmid is sufficient to produce the same phenotype and characterizes this operon as a genetic determinant of alkaline activation.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics
Additional Information:	Pdf uploaded in accordance with publisher's policy at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0099-2240/ (accessed 24/02/2014)
Publisher:	American Society for Microbiology
ISSN:	0099-2240
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2022 10:40
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/8895

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