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

NC_017200:1137639 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
113630911376521344SPP1 family phage portal proteinQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
113763911386641026SPP1 family phage head morphogenesis proteinQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
11386421138893252hypothetical protein
11389101139104195hypothetical protein
11390911139327237phage proteinQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
11393761139945570hypothetical proteinBLASTP
11404671141042576hypothetical proteinBLASTP
11410551141876822hypothetical proteinBLASTP
11419131142251339hypothetical proteinBLASTP
11422331142586354hypothetical proteinBLASTP
11425761142992417hypothetical proteinBLASTP
11429891143369381hypothetical proteinBLASTP
11433901144022633hypothetical proteinBLASTP
11440861144478393hypothetical proteinBLASTP
11445261144774249hypothetical proteinBLASTP
114478011480313252putative phage tail tape measure proteinQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
114804211495561515phage putative tail componentQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
114956011542154656minor structural proteinQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
11542331154697465Holin Phage structural proteinQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
11546971155425729N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase fused to LysM and peptidoglycan binding domainQuickGO ontologyBLASTP