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Host: NC_017200 NEIGHBOURS BLASTN Download Island sequence Download Island gene sequence(s)

NC_017200:4814000 Bacillus thuringiensis serovar finitimus YBT-020 chromosome,

Host Lineage: Bacillus thuringiensis; Bacillus; Bacillaceae; Bacillales; Firmicutes; Bacteria

General Information: This organism, also known as BT, is famous for the production of an insecticidal toxin. The bacterium was initially discovered as a pathogen of various insects and was first used as an insecticidal agent in the early part of this century. This organism, like many other Bacilli, is found in the soil, where it leads a saprophytic existence, but becomes an opportunistic pathogen of insects when ingested. The specific activity of the toxin towards insects and its lack of toxicity to animals has made this organism a useful biocontrol agent. The delta-endotoxin, which is produced during the sporulation part of the life cycle, causes midgut paralysis and disruption of feeding by the infected insect host. The delta-endotoxin, which is produced during the sporulation part of the life cycle, causes midgut paralysis and disruption of feeding by the infected insect host. The delta-endotoxin, which is produced during the sporulation part of the life cycle, causes midgut paralysis and disruption of feeding by the infected insect host. The presence of a parasporal crystal, which is outside the exosporium of the endospore, is indicative of production of the toxin, and serves as a marker for this species.Activation of the toxin typically requires a high pH environment such as the alkaline environments in insect midguts followed by proteolysis.


StartEndLengthCDS descriptionQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
48140944814342249spore coat protein F-related proteinQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
48143564814541186hypothetical proteinBLASTP
48146884815401714CAAX amino terminal protease family proteinQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
48156434815771129hypothetical proteinBLASTP
48158214816108288hypothetical proteinBLASTP
48161054816332228hypothetical proteinBLASTP
48165144817080567hypothetical proteinBLASTP
48171674817724558transcriptional regulatorQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
48177284818450723metallo-beta-lactamase family proteinQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
481858948203731785acyl-CoA dehydrogenaseQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
48206394820773135hypothetical proteinBLASTP
482076048219321173acetyl-CoA acetyltransferaseQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
4821954482433523823-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenaseQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
48245714824717147hypothetical proteinBLASTP
48248054825644840D-alanyl-D-alanine carboxypeptidaseQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
48256674826584918proline dehydrogenaseQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
48268954827140246hypothetical proteinBLASTP
48271894827491303hypothetical proteinBLASTP
482756948295692001methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteinQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
48298654830203339IS605 family transposase OrfAQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
483033548314111077IS605 family transposase OrfAQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
48316564832414759putative transcriptional regulatorQuickGO ontologyBLASTP