title: Draft genome sequence of Bacillus thuringiensis 147, a Brazilian strain with high insecticidal activity.
abstract: Bacillus thuringiensis is a ubiquitous Gram-positive and sporulating bacterium. Its crystals and secreted toxins are useful tools against larvae of diverse insect orders and, as a consequence, an alternative to recalcitrant chemical insecticides. We report here the draft genome sequence of B. thuringiensis147, a strain isolated from Brazil and with high insecticidal activity. The assembled genome contained 6,167,994 bp and was distributed in seven replicons (a chromosome and 6 plasmids). We identified 12 coding regions, located in two plasmids, which encode insecticidal proteins.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de Itajubá, Itajubá, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Luiz Carlos Bertucci
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Engenharia de Bioprocessos e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Gurupi, TO, Brasil.
authors.forename: Débora Lopes
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Farias
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Engenharia de Bioprocessos e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Gurupi, TO, Brasil.
authors.forename: Isabella de Moraes Guimarães
authors.initials: Ide M
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Fernando Lucas
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Bergmann Morais
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Engenharia de Bioprocessos e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Gurupi, TO, Brasil.
authors.forename: Raimundo Wagner de Souza
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Aguiar
mesh_terms: D001413:Bacillus thuringiensis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D001938:Brazil; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D007306:Insecticides; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D012093:Replicon / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D007306:Insecticides