Rap-Phr Systems from Plasmids pAW63 and pHT8-1 Act Together To Regulate Sporulation in the Bacillus thuringiensis Serovar kurstaki HD73 Strain

• Published in: Applied and environmental microbiology Vol. 86; no. 18
• Main Authors: Cardoso, Priscilla, Fazion, Fernanda, Perchat, Stéphane, Buisson, Christophe, Vilas-Bôas, Gislayne, Lereclus, Didier
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 01.09.2020
• Subjects: Bacillus thuringiensis; Bacillus thuringiensis - genetics; Bacillus thuringiensis - physiology; Bacteria; Crosstalk; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Genes; Insects; Invertebrate Microbiology; Life Sciences; Peptides; Phr gene; Plasmids; Plasmids - genetics; Quorum Sensing; Serogroup; Spores, Bacterial - physiology; Sporulation; Synergism; Toxins; quorum sensing; Rap-Phr; plasmids; Bacillus; sporulation

is a Gram-positive spore-forming bacterium pathogenic to various insect species. This property is due to the Cry toxins encoded by plasmid genes and mostly produced during sporulation. contains a remarkable number of extrachromosomal DNA molecules and a great number of plasmid genes. Rap-Phr quorum-...