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A new bacterial isolate, 00-50-5, from sunflower head extracts was identified as Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) according to its morphology. Bt isolate 00-50-5 was highly active against the banded sunflower moth (BSM), Cochylis hospes Walsingham. A sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) 4–15% gradient gel of whole strain protein of 00-50-5 revealed six proteins with molecular masses (Mr) of 133, 80, 60, 27, 15, and 14 kDa. SDS-PAGE of pH 4.2-precipitated proteins (PP) or activated proteins formed by adding the BSM larval gut protease at 1:50 (wt/wt, protease/PP) showed five bands, including two major proteins of Mr 60 kDa and 27 kDa, and three small peptides of Mr 15, 13, and 7 kDa. The BSM larval gut protease was able to completely digest the proteins when present at a high ratio (10:1, wt/wt, protease/PP). The 60- and 27-kDa proteins could be digested by subtilisin Carlsberg at ratios of 1:50 or 1:1 (wt/wt, protease/PP), but neither BSM larval gut protease nor trypsin was effective at the same ratios. Three small peptides of Mr 15, 13, and 7 kDa were digested by the gut protease at a ratio of 1:1 (wt/wt). The N-terminal sequence of 1–31 amino acid residues for the 27-kDa protein showed 96.7% homology to a 31-amino acid fragment from camelysin, a protease from B. cereus, indicating that the 27-kDa protein may be a camelysin and a novel active protein against BSM.
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Received: 9 July 2001 / Accepted: 8 August 2001
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Bai, C., Vick, B. & Yi, SX. Characterization of a New Bacillus thuringiensis Isolate Highly Active Against Cochylis hospes . Curr Microbiol 44, 280–285 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-001-0003-y
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