Serratia‐based toxin cluster elements are associated with a type I fimbria

• Published in: MicrobiologyOpen (Weinheim) Vol. 13; no. 1
• Main Authors: Sitter, Lesley, Schoof, Marion, Glare, Travis R., Cox, Murray P., Fineran, Peter C., Gardner, Paul P., Hurst, Mark R. H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.02.2024; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Beetles; Biological activity; Biopesticides; Deficient mutant; E coli; fimbria; Genes; Genomics; grass grub; Original; Phenotypes; Pili; plasmid; Plasmids; Population control; repA; Salmonella; Serratia; Soil bacteria; Soil microorganisms; toxin complex; Toxins; Virulence; New Zealand

A soil bacterium in the Serratia genus, carrying a 153 kb conjugative amber disease‐associated plasmid (pADAP), is commercially exploited for population control of the New Zealand endemic pest beetle Costelytra giveni (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The main insecticidal elements are an anti‐feeding pro...