Autor(es)Khampang, P.; Chungjatupornchai, W.; Luxananil, P.; Panyim, S.

ResumoThe gram-negative bacterium, An1 1/2 G1, isolated from the guts of Anopheles dirus mosquito larvae, was identified as Enterobacter amnigenus. The E. amnigenus was able to recolonize in the gut of An. dirus larva but not in those of Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus larvae. It was able to float in water for a longer period than Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and Bacillus sphaericus. These are desirable characteristics for a delivery vehicle of mosquito-larvicidal toxins for the control of mosquito larvae, and E. amnigenus was therefore used as a host to express the cryIVB gene of B. thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and the binary toxin genes or B. sphaericus. The recombinant E. amnigenus produced a high level of CryIVB protein, which was toxic to larvae of Ae. aegypti and An. dirus. Another E. amnigenus producing the 51-kDa protein of B. sphaericus was toxic to larvae of An. dirus and Cx. quinquefasciatus. The recombinant plasmids were stable in E. amnigenus without the presence of selective pressure for at least 23 generations. The recombinant E. amnigenus should represent a desirable biological agent for controlling mosquito larvae.

Palavras-ChaveBiological control; Gene expression; Biological poisons; Insect larvae; Pest control; Plasmids; Digestive system; Biotechnology; Recombinants; Digestive tract; Gut; Gram-negative bacteria; Pesticides; Larvae; Pathogens; Toxins; Larvicides; Enterobacter amnigenus; Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis; Culicidae; Bacillus sphaericus; Anopheles dirus

ImprentaApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology, v. 51, n. 1, p. 79-84, 1999.

DescritoresAedes aegypti - Proteins ; Aedes aegypti - Larvicide

Data de Publicação:1999