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Insecticidal Activity of Bacillus thuringiensis Proteins against Coleopteran Pests

Bacillus thuringiensis is the most successful microbial insecticide agent and its proteins have been studied for many years due to its toxicity against insects mainly belonging to the orders Lepidoptera, Diptera and Coleoptera, which are pests of agro-forestry and medical-veterinary interest. Howeve...

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Autores principales: Domínguez-Arrizabalaga, Mikel, Villanueva, Maite, Escriche, Baltasar, Ancín-Azpilicueta, Carmen, Caballero, Primitivo
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7404982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32610662
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins12070430
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author Domínguez-Arrizabalaga, Mikel
Villanueva, Maite
Escriche, Baltasar
Ancín-Azpilicueta, Carmen
Caballero, Primitivo
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description Bacillus thuringiensis is the most successful microbial insecticide agent and its proteins have been studied for many years due to its toxicity against insects mainly belonging to the orders Lepidoptera, Diptera and Coleoptera, which are pests of agro-forestry and medical-veterinary interest. However, studies on the interactions between this bacterium and the insect species classified in the order Coleoptera are more limited when compared to other insect orders. To date, 45 Cry proteins, 2 Cyt proteins, 11 Vip proteins, and 2 Sip proteins have been reported with activity against coleopteran species. A number of these proteins have been successfully used in some insecticidal formulations and in the construction of transgenic crops to provide protection against main beetle pests. In this review, we provide an update on the activity of Bt toxins against coleopteran insects, as well as specific information about the structure and mode of action of coleopteran Bt proteins.
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spelling pubmed-74049822020-08-17 Insecticidal Activity of Bacillus thuringiensis Proteins against Coleopteran Pests Domínguez-Arrizabalaga, Mikel Villanueva, Maite Escriche, Baltasar Ancín-Azpilicueta, Carmen Caballero, Primitivo Toxins (Basel) Review Bacillus thuringiensis is the most successful microbial insecticide agent and its proteins have been studied for many years due to its toxicity against insects mainly belonging to the orders Lepidoptera, Diptera and Coleoptera, which are pests of agro-forestry and medical-veterinary interest. However, studies on the interactions between this bacterium and the insect species classified in the order Coleoptera are more limited when compared to other insect orders. To date, 45 Cry proteins, 2 Cyt proteins, 11 Vip proteins, and 2 Sip proteins have been reported with activity against coleopteran species. A number of these proteins have been successfully used in some insecticidal formulations and in the construction of transgenic crops to provide protection against main beetle pests. In this review, we provide an update on the activity of Bt toxins against coleopteran insects, as well as specific information about the structure and mode of action of coleopteran Bt proteins. MDPI 2020-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7404982/ /pubmed/32610662 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins12070430 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Caballero, Primitivo
Insecticidal Activity of Bacillus thuringiensis Proteins against Coleopteran Pests
title Insecticidal Activity of Bacillus thuringiensis Proteins against Coleopteran Pests
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title_fullStr Insecticidal Activity of Bacillus thuringiensis Proteins against Coleopteran Pests
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title_short Insecticidal Activity of Bacillus thuringiensis Proteins against Coleopteran Pests
title_sort insecticidal activity of bacillus thuringiensis proteins against coleopteran pests
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7404982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32610662
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins12070430
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