Genetic and functional analyses of krs, a locus encoding kurstakin, a lipopeptide produced by Bacillus thuringiensis

• Published in: Research in microbiology Vol. 168; no. 4; pp. 356 - 368
• Main Authors: Gélis-Jeanvoine, Sébastien, Canette, Alexis, Gohar, Michel, Caradec, Thibault, Lemy, Christelle, Gominet, Myriam, Jacques, Philippe, Lereclus, Didier, Slamti, Leyla
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: France Elsevier Masson SAS 01.05.2017; Elsevier
• Subjects: Bacillus cereus; Bacillus cereus group; Bacillus thuringiensis; Bacillus thuringiensis - genetics; Bacillus thuringiensis - metabolism; Bacterial Proteins; Bacterial Proteins - genetics; Biofilm; Biofilms; Biofilms - growth & development; Biotechnologie; Biotechnology; chemical elements; DNA; entomopathogenic bacteria; environmental law; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; Life Sciences; ligases; Lipopeptides; Lipopeptides - genetics; Lipopeptides - metabolism; loci; Microbiologie; Microbiology; Operon; Operon - genetics; Peptide Biosynthesis, Nucleic Acid-Independent; Peptide Biosynthesis, Nucleic Acid-Independent - physiology; promoter regions; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Quorum Sensing; Quorum Sensing - genetics; Sciences du vivant; Spo0A; surfactants; transcription (genetics); Transcriptional regulation; Biofilm; Bacillus cereus group; Transcriptional regulation; Spo0A

Bacteria of the Bacillus genus are able to synthesize several families of lipopeptides. These small molecules are the product of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases. In 2000, it was found that Bacillus thuringiensis, an entomopathogenic bacterium of the Bacillus cereus group, produced a previously unk...