Publication: Toxicity of chitinase-producing Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki HD-1 (G) toward Plutella xylostella
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2000-01-01
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00222011
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Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. Vol.76, No.4 (2000), 270-277
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Chanpen Wiwat, Saranya Thaithanun, Somsak Pantuwatana, Amaret Bhumiratana Toxicity of chitinase-producing Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki HD-1 (G) toward Plutella xylostella. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. Vol.76, No.4 (2000), 270-277. doi:10.1006/jipa.2000.4976 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/25812
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Toxicity of chitinase-producing Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki HD-1 (G) toward Plutella xylostella
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One-hundred fifty isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis were tested for their ability to produce chitinase using colloidal chitin agar as the primary plating medium. Of 14 strains that produced chitinase, B. thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki HD-1(G) was identified as the highest chitinase producer and selected for further study. This bacterium produced the highest amount of chitinase (19.3 mU/ml) when it was cultivated in nutrient broth supplemented with 0.3% colloidal chitin on a rotary shaker (200 rpm) at 30°C for 2 days. The toxicities of B. thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki HD-1(G) and B. thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki wa-p-2, a chitinase nonproducer, were assayed toward Plutella xylostella (diamondback moth) larvae, resulting in LC50's of 4.93 × 104and 1.32 × 105spores/ml, respectively. If the culture broth from B. thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki HD-1(G) was used as the suspending liquid instead of phosphate buffer, their LC50's were reduced to 6.23 × 103and 7.60 × 104spores/ml, respectively. The histopathological changes of the midgut epithelial cells of diamondback moth larvae were compared after feeding on B. thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki HD-1(G) with and without the presence of supernatant containing chitinase under light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The midgut epithelial cells of larvae fed for 30 min in the presence of chitinase, with or without spores and endotoxin crystals, appeared more elongated and swollen than those of the control larvae. A number of different cellular changes such as extensive cellular disintegration and appearance of numerous vacuoles were observed from the larvae fed on B. thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki HD.1(G) supplemented with supernatant containing chitinase. Thus increased toxicity and changes in epithelial cells were correlated with the presence of chitinase but this was not distinguished from the possible presence of vegetative-stage insecticidal proteins. © 2000 Academic Press.