Genome Sequence of Bacillus thuringiensis Strain Btm27, an Egyptian Isolate Highly Toxic to Cotton Leafworm

Brigida Rusconi; Yue Chen; Sara S K Koenig; Ehab R El-Helow; Mark Eppinger

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00446-15

Genome Sequence of Bacillus thuringiensis Strain Btm27, an Egyptian Isolate Highly Toxic to Cotton Leafworm

Genome Announc. 2015 May 14;3(3):e00446-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00446-15.

Authors

Brigida Rusconi¹, Yue Chen¹, Sara S K Koenig¹, Ehab R El-Helow, Mark Eppinger²

Affiliations

¹ University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Biology and South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
² University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Biology and South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, San Antonio, Texas, USA mark.eppinger@utsa.edu elhelow@link.net.

Abstract

Bacillus thuringiensis is a potent microbial control agent against insect pests. Here, we present the draft genome of the Egyptian strain Btm27 that shows high toxicity toward the cotton leafworm. The genome contains three insecticidal genes cry1Ac9, cry2Ab1, and vip3V that have been implicated in conferring toxicity toward lepidoptera.