Microorganisms play an important role in water quality maintenance, waste management,
productivity enhancement, nutrient cycling, functional feed development, protection against …

* Corresponding author. mopathogenic species of fungi, often with a broad host range, are
found among the phycomycetes, ascomycetes, basidiomycetes, and fungi imperfecti. Fungal …

Bacillus thuringiensis is a typical soil bacillus distinguishable from the closely related
species B. cereus and B. anthracis by a large insecticidal parasporal inclusion that appears …

Publisher Summary The chapter focuses on the classification and mode of action of the
insecticidal proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) or Bt toxin. Bt is a gram-positive, aerobic …

Microbes, including bacteria, fungi, and viruses, have been proposed as insect control
agents since the early part of the 20th century. Insecticides based on a microbe from each of …

Growing interest in biorational pesticides has placed the Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal
crystal proteins at the forefront of pesticides for plant genetic engineering. The development …

To determine the possibility of plasmid transfer occurring between strains of Bacillus
thuringiensis in infected lepidopterous larvae, Galleria mellonella and Spodoptera littoralis …

A primary goal of agricultural genetic engineering concerns the control of insects. We are
approaching a point where insect control is threatened by the increasing resistance of …

A lepidopteran toxin gene of the entomopathogen Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-
1 was introduced into a cotton leaf-colonizing Bacillus megaterium strain, RS1, by conjugal …

Neste relato são abordados alguns aspectos relacionados à bactéria entomopatogênica
Bacillus thuringiensis. Esses aspectos incluem a interação desse patógeno com o ambiente …