Vol. 13 No. 2 (2003)
Artículos de Investigación

Identificación de los Genes cry en Cepas Mexicanas de Bacillus thuringiensis con Potencial Insecticida

Published 2003-08-01

Keywords

  • Bacillus thuringiensis,
  • Cepas nativas,
  • Genes cry,
  • Proteínas Cry,
  • PCR.
  • Bacillus thuringiensis,
  • native strains,
  • cry genes,
  • Cry proteins,
  • PCR.

How to Cite

Rosales-Reyes, T., Salcedo-Hernández, R., Ibarra, J. E., & Barboza-Corona, J. E. (2003). Identificación de los Genes cry en Cepas Mexicanas de Bacillus thuringiensis con Potencial Insecticida. Acta Universitaria, 13(2), 39–46. https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2003.268

Abstract

This report revealed the crystal morphology and protein composition of strains LBIT-499 and LBIT-504 of B. thuringiensis, native to Guanajuato, Mexico. LBIT-499 showed only bipyramidal crystals, while LBIT-504 showed both bipyramidal and cubical crystals. These crystals were composed by proteins of ca. 130 and 60 kDa, respectively. Both strains as well as LBIT-500 and LBIT-544, showed a great variety of cry1 genes, while cry2A and cry2B were identified in LBT-500 and LBIT-544, LBIT-504 showed only the cry2B gene, and no cry2 was detected in LBIT-499.