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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2003, p. 5207-5211, Vol. 69, No. 9
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5207-5211.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Identification of cry1I-Type Genes from Bacillus thuringiensis Strains and Characterization of a Novel cry1I-Type Gene

Fuping Song,1 Jie Zhang,1 Aixing Gu,1 Yue Wu,1 Lanlan Han,1 Kanglai He,1 Zhongyi Chen,1 Jiang Yao,1 Yuqin Hu,1 Guoxun Li,2 and Dafang Huang3*

State Key Laboratory of Biology for Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection,1 Institute of Biotechnology Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081,3 Department of Plant Protection, LaiYang Agricultural College, Qingdao 264200, People's Republic of China2

Received 10 March 2003/ Accepted 3 June 2003

A PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism method for identification of cry1I-type genes from Bacillus thuringiensis was established by designing a pair of universal primers based on the conserved regions of the genes to amplify 1,548-bp cry1I-type gene fragments. Amplification products were digested with the Bsp119I and BanI enzymes, and four kinds of known cry1I-type genes were successfully identified. The results showed that cry1I-type genes appeared in 95 of 115 B. thuringiensis isolates and 7 of 13 standard strains. A novel cry1I-type gene was found in one standard strain and six isolates. The novel cry1I gene was cloned from B. thuringiensis isolate Btc007 and subcloned into vector pET-21b. Then it was overexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). The expressed product was shown to be toxic to the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella), Asian corn borer (Ostrinia furnacalis), and soybean pod borer (Leguminivora glycinivorella). However, it was not toxic to the cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera), beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua), or elm leaf beetle (Pyrrhalta aenescens) in bioassays. Subsequently, the Cry protein encoded by this novel cry gene was designated Cry1Ie1 by the B. thuringiensis {delta}-endotoxin nomenclature committee.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Biotechnology Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China. Phone: 86-10-68919842 or -62896634. Fax: 86-10-62894642. E-mail: dfh313{at}public.bta.net.cn.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2003, p. 5207-5211, Vol. 69, No. 9
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5207-5211.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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