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

NC_017200:3737185 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.


This island contains ribosomal proteins or RNA related elements and may indicate a False Positive Prediction!

StartEndLengthCDS descriptionQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
373718537388941710fibronectinfibrinogen-binding proteinQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
373916537402351071aminopeptidaseQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
37403193740843525hypothetical proteinBLASTP
37408733741241369hypothetical proteinBLASTP
37412573741751495hypothetical proteinBLASTP
374178937431741386hypothetical proteinBLASTP
37433403743594255hypothetical proteinBLASTP
37436173744294678HAD superfamily hydrolaseQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
37443343744966633orotate phosphoribosyltransferaseQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
37449633745679717orotidine 5-phosphate decarboxylaseQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
37456643746593930dihydroorotate dehydrogenase 1BQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
37465903747369780dihydroorotate dehydrogenase electron transfer subunitQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
374736637505843219carbamoyl phosphate synthase large subunitQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
375056937516661098carbamoyl phosphate synthase small subunitQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
375166337529491287dihydroorotaseQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
37529333753847915aspartate carbamoyltransferase catalytic subunitQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
375399637552791284uracil permeaseQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
37554263755968543bifunctional pyrimidine regulatory protein PyrRuracil phosphoribosyltransferaseQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
3756171375707990923S rRNA pseudouridine synthase DQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
37570843757542459lipoprotein signal peptidaseQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
37576673757996330hypothetical proteinBLASTP
375815337609182766isoleucyl-tRNA synthetaseQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
37612663761772507cell-division initiation proteinQuickGO ontologyBLASTP