Genome Sequence of the Mosquitocidal Bacillus thuringiensis Strain BR58, a Biopesticide Product Effective against the Coffee Berry Borer (Hypothenemus hampei)

Janaina Zorzetti; Ana P S Ricietto; Carlos R M da Silva; Ivan R Wolf; Gislayne T Vilas-Bôas; Pedro M O J Neves; Ana M Meneguim; Laurival A Vilas-Boas

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01232-15

Genome Sequence of the Mosquitocidal Bacillus thuringiensis Strain BR58, a Biopesticide Product Effective against the Coffee Berry Borer (Hypothenemus hampei)

Genome Announc. 2015 Dec 10;3(6):e01232-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01232-15.

Authors

Janaina Zorzetti¹, Ana P S Ricietto², Carlos R M da Silva², Ivan R Wolf², Gislayne T Vilas-Bôas³, Pedro M O J Neves¹, Ana M Meneguim⁴, Laurival A Vilas-Boas²

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Agronomia, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
² Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
³ Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil laurival.vboas@gmail.com.
⁴ Laboratório de Entomologia, Instituto Agronômico do Paraná, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.

Abstract

Bacillus thuringiensis is an important microbial control agent against insect pests. The draft genome sequence of the Brazilian strain BR58 described here contains the insecticidal genes cry4A, cry4B, cry10A, cry11A, cry60A, cry60B, and cyt1A, which show toxicity to both Aedes aegypti and Hypothenemus hampei larvae.