title: [Characterization of a new strain of Bacillus thuringiensis, a producer of an endotoxin against coleoptera].
abstract: A new strain of Bacillus thuringiensis 2-7 was found to belong to the serotype H8. Cells of this strain contained irregular and flat crystalline inclusions and two large plasmids. The gene responsible for crystal formation is most likely located on the large plasmid greater than 105 MDa in size. Comparison of the cry gene of B. thuringiensis 2-7 and the cryIIIA gene of B. thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis showed that their nucleotide sequences are identical.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7, k. 2, Moscow, 117811 Russia.
authors.forename: E O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Dobrzhanskaia
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Chirkov
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Blokhina
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001413:Bacillus thuringiensis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D017931:DNA Primers; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007814:Larva / Q000187:drug effects; D008970:Molecular Weight
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D017931:DNA Primers
vernacular_title: Kharakteristika novogo shtamma Bacillus thuringiensis, produtsenta éndotoksina protiv zhestkokrylykh.