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Resistance is a genetic change in the insect pest — that allows it to avoid harm from Bt toxins. The high and consistent levels of ICP production in the Bt plants make them much less favorable for the development of resistance. Insect Resistance Management is of great importance because of the threat insect resistance poses to the future use of Bt plant-incorporated protectants and is said to be the key to sustainable use of the genetically modified Bt crops. The US EPA usually requires a “buffer zone,” or a structured refuge of 20% non-Bt crops that is planted in close proximity to the Bt crops.
First documented case of insect resistance to Bt cotton came in 2008, when Tabashnik and coworkers found field-evolved Bt toxin resistance in bollworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), in the United States. Field-Evolved Resistance to Bt Maize by Western Corn Rootworm (Gassmann, 2011) displayed significantly higher survival on Cry3Bb1 maize in laboratory bioassays.
Expanded use of transgenic crops for insect control will likely include more varieties with combinations of two or more Bt toxins (pyramiding), novel Bt toxins such as VIP, modified Bt toxins that have been genetically engineered to kill insects resistant to standard Bt toxins. Transgenic plants that control insects via RNA interference are also under development.
Increasing use of transgenic crops in developing nations is likely, with a broadening range of genetically modified crops and target insect pests .Incorporating enhanced understanding of observed patterns of field-evolved resistance into future resistance management strategies can help to minimize the drawbacks and maximize the benefits of current and future generations of transgenic crops.
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Both laboratory selected or genetically engineered natural enemies play an expanded role in IPM programs and the reduction of pesticide use.
Genetic manipulation of natural enemies of insect/pest offers promise of enhancing their efficiency in agricultural cropping systems. The default method for improving biocontrol performance was to find a more efficient strain of the biocontrol agent (Hoelmer & Kirk, 2009).
Identifying the appropriate traits to be prioritized may be the first step to reverse this situation.
Insecticide resistance for some traits, such as pest kill-rate, the direction of improvement is apparent as killing more pests is a primary determinant of biocontrol success (Stiling &Cornelissen, 2005)
For example, most biocontrol agents attack hosts/prey that are clumped in patches in the environment. It is more effective for the agent to clear patches completely before moving on, and disperse rapidly to protect a larger total crop area (Plouvier & Wajnberg, 2018).
Assembling a genome for a biocontrol agent of interest vastly expands the possibilities for generating new knowledge on the genetic architecture of biocontrol traits.
A genome assembly facilitates studies that focus on gene expression analyses, targeted gene editing and marker selection.
In biological control, the aim is a “good-enough” genome rather than a high quality genome.
Also, some applications can already be realized with an incomplete genome, including the quick generation of molecular markers in biocontrol agents.
For example, in many cases, the biocontrol agent is too small for DNA extraction from a single individual to be usable for assembling a genome (Richards & Murali, 2015).
Pooling many genetically identical individuals is a solution.
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where as the Major characteristics of arthropod predators includes adults and immatures are often generalists rather than specialists, they generally are larger than their prey, they kill or consume many prey males, females, immatures, and adults may be predatory and they attack immature and adult prey.
The development and commercialization of insect-resistant transgenic Bt crops expressing Cry toxins revolutionized the history of agriculture. At the end of 2010, an estimated 26.3 million hectares of land were planted with crops containing the Bt gene (James 2011). Bt cotton has reduced the use of traditional insecticides by 207,900,000 lbs of active ingredient of insecticide (Brookes and Barfoot, 2006).
Resistance is a genetic change in the insect pest — that allows it to avoid harm from Bt toxins. The high and consistent levels of ICP production in the Bt plants make them much less favorable for the development of resistance. Insect Resistance Management is of great importance because of the threat insect resistance poses to the future use of Bt plant-incorporated protectants and is said to be the key to sustainable use of the genetically modified Bt crops. The US EPA usually requires a “buffer zone,” or a structured refuge of 20% non-Bt crops that is planted in close proximity to the Bt crops.
First documented case of insect resistance to Bt cotton came in 2008, when Tabashnik and coworkers found field-evolved Bt toxin resistance in bollworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), in the United States. Field-Evolved Resistance to Bt Maize by Western Corn Rootworm (Gassmann, 2011) displayed significantly higher survival on Cry3Bb1 maize in laboratory bioassays.
Expanded use of transgenic crops for insect control will likely include more varieties with combinations of two or more Bt toxins (pyramiding), novel Bt toxins such as VIP, modified Bt toxins that have been genetically engineered to kill insects resistant to standard Bt toxins. Transgenic plants that control insects via RNA interference are also under development.
Increasing use of transgenic crops in developing nations is likely, with a broadening range of genetically modified crops and target insect pests .Incorporating enhanced understanding of observed patterns of field-evolved resistance into future resistance management strategies can help to minimize the drawbacks and maximize the benefits of current and future generations of transgenic crops.
the repeated use of the same chemical which has the same mode of action that leads to the loss of insect sensitivity and also heritable change would occur in the genome nothing but resistance that means the population not able to control with the normal dose need to develop resistant management strategies
Biological control aims at suppression of insect pests of crops or other harmful pests by using their natural enemies (parasites/predators and pathogens). Recent research has shown that pesticide-resistant parasites selected in the laboratory can be established in the field better and enhance IPM programs.
Both laboratory selected or genetically engineered natural enemies play an expanded role in IPM programs and the reduction of pesticide use.
Genetic manipulation of natural enemies of insect/pest offers promise of enhancing their efficiency in agricultural cropping systems. The default method for improving biocontrol performance was to find a more efficient strain of the biocontrol agent (Hoelmer & Kirk, 2009).
Identifying the appropriate traits to be prioritized may be the first step to reverse this situation.
Insecticide resistance for some traits, such as pest kill-rate, the direction of improvement is apparent as killing more pests is a primary determinant of biocontrol success (Stiling &Cornelissen, 2005)
For example, most biocontrol agents attack hosts/prey that are clumped in patches in the environment. It is more effective for the agent to clear patches completely before moving on, and disperse rapidly to protect a larger total crop area (Plouvier & Wajnberg, 2018).
Assembling a genome for a biocontrol agent of interest vastly expands the possibilities for generating new knowledge on the genetic architecture of biocontrol traits.
A genome assembly facilitates studies that focus on gene expression analyses, targeted gene editing and marker selection.
In biological control, the aim is a “good-enough” genome rather than a high quality genome.
Also, some applications can already be realized with an incomplete genome, including the quick generation of molecular markers in biocontrol agents.
For example, in many cases, the biocontrol agent is too small for DNA extraction from a single individual to be usable for assembling a genome (Richards & Murali, 2015).
Pooling many genetically identical individuals is a solution.
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Gut microflora and their role in susceptibility of lepidopteran pests to bacillus thuringiensis berliner
1. Gut Microflora and Their Role in
Susceptibility of Lepidopteran Pests to
Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner
PRESENTED BY
K. PREMALATHA
Ph.D. Scholar
Department of Agricultural Entomology
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore- 641 003
2. INTRODUCTION
Insects are the most diverse and abundant animal clade, in numbers of
species globally (Basset et al.., 2012).
Diversification and evolutionary success - relationships with beneficial
microorganisms.
Genta et al., 2006
host insect
morphogenesis,
food digestion,
nutrition,
antifungal toxin,
pheromone,
pH,
vitamins,
temperature tolerance,
parasitoid development,
detoxification
3. • Bacillus thuringiensis - Bombyx mori (L.) and Ephestia
kuehniella (Zeller), @ the beginning of the 20th century
(Ishiwata, 1901 and Berliner, 1915),
• Lepidoptera - insect model
• Types of microbes present in the midgut - new strategies for
pest and resistance management (Broderick et al., 2003).
4. Factors influencing microbial colonization
of the insect gut
(Dillon and Dillon, 2004)
• Bignell- 1982 (structure and microbial colonization)
• Simple, straight digestive tract – microbiota
• More complex structures - paunches, diverticula, and caeca microbiota (Tanada
and Kaya,1993)
5. Cont.,
• Hemiptera- lumen of the midgut caeca (Dasch et al., 1984)
• Coleoptera and tephritid flies- Midgut and caeca (Douglas and Beard, 1996)
• Migratory grasshoppers- peritrophic matrix- (Mead et al.,1988)
• Manduca sexta - gut lumen and hindgut epithelia- (Prestia and Hirshfield, 1988)
• Fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni - peritrophic matrix (Murphy et al., 1994)
• Wood- and litter-feeding termites – hindgut (Breznak, 2000).
6. • pH -selecting and enriching of bacteria
• Optimum pH -6-7
• Lactic acid bacteria -acidic pH.
• Create their own low pH- producing lactic acid by Streptococci
(Enterococci) in the gut of Lymantria dispar (Kodama and Nakasuji,
1971).
• Change in pH - buffering capacity of the gut contents versus the size and
metabolic activity of the microbiota.
• Secondary plant compounds have antimicrobial properties - midgut pH
alters the composition of the microbiota and able to detoxify secondary
plant compounds. (Walenciak et al., 2002)
Cont.,
7.
8. Pathogenic interaction
• Negative interaction
• Microbes associated with host insects will affects the insect
host in terms of fitness, reproductive success, feeding and
influence of other symbionts.
• Producing variety of toxins and evade the host immune
system for the successful infection.
• Ex: Bacillus thuringiensis known to affect the host by
producing Cry proteins.
9. Symbiotic interaction
• Symbiosis is close and often long-term interaction between
two or more different biological species.
• In 1877, Albert Bernhard Frank used the word symbiosis to
describe the mutualistic relationship in lichens
• Symbiotic associations- commensalism, mutualism and
parasitism
• Commensalism: Relationship between two living organisms
where one benefits and the other is not significantly harmed
or helped (Paracer and Ahmadjian, 2000).
10. • Mutualism : Relationship between individual of different
species (microbe and insect) mutually benefit each other
• Parasitism occurs when one species increases its fitness while
the other is harmed by the association
• Example: insect gut microbes contributes to food digestion,
produces essential vitamins and keeps out potentially harmful
microbes by competing with them for nutrients
Contreras and Vlisidou, 2008
11. Methods of gut microflora diversity analysis
1. Gene targeting: gene-specific PCR
2. Molecular fingerprinting techniques
3. Fluorescent in situ hybridization
12. Dissection of insect gut and isolation of gut microbial DNA
Homogenized
1 ml 0.1 M phosphate buffer (pH 7.0)
Dissect (whole gut)
Rinsing with sterilised distilled water
5% (v/v) Sodium Hypochlorite (NaOCl) solution
Surface disinfected with 70% (v/v) ethanol
Starved for 24 h
Third instar larvae (10 No’s)
13. Gene targeting: gene-specific PCR
• Gene targeting techniques employ gene specific primers to
specifically amplify target genes, including conserved 16S
rRNA gene or a gene of specific functional interest from the
metagenomic DNA of insect gut symbionts.
• This approach has been widely applied to insect gut
symbiotic microbiota analysis and has revealed substantial
bacterial diversity
Brauman et al., 2001
15. Fluorescent in situ hybridization
• Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) is commonly used in
microbial ecology studies to visualize symbiotic bacteria in the
gut
• The application of FISH in insect gut microbial studies often
involves fluorescently labeled probes targeting 16s rRNA with
sequences specific for a bacteria.
Tang et al., 2012
16. 5 th instar L
Wash 3 times 70% ethanol and H2O
insects frozen at -20 °C
dissected
Gut was cut into 3 pieces
4% formaldehyde overnight.
washing 3 times (PBS)
embedded
5 µm thin section
mounted on SuperFrost Ultra Plus glass slide
lysozyme for 15 min at 37° C
washing
hybridized with 1.5 mM of probe
hybridization buffer @ 46°C for 4
hrs in Advalytix slide booster
50 ml washing buffer
20 min.
dried
17. Bacterial localization in the gut of S.
littoralis larvae with Fluorescent In Situ
Hybridization
A. Detection of Clostridium sp,
B. Clostridium sp. deep in the gut
lumen.
C. Enterococcus mundtii
D. E. casseliflavus.
E. Propionibacterium
F. E. coli
G. Klebsiella pneumonia.
Tang et al., 2012
18. Gut microbial diversity in insects
• Collembolan (Folsomia candida)-Erwinia amylovora, Staphylococcus
capitis, Pantoea agglomerans and Pseudomonas putida (Thimm et al.,
1998).
• Termite and cockroach- complex of micro organisms protozoan
spirochetes, gram positive and gram negative bacteria, archea and yeast
(Paster et al., 1996).
• Coleopteran- sugar fermenting bacteria belonging to Lactobacillus,
Clostridium, Bacillus and members of CFB (Cytophaga, Flavobacterium,
Bacteriodes) group.
19. Cont.,
• Drosophila - Gluconobacter, Acetobacter, Campylobacter, Pseudomonas,
Serratia, Klebsiella and Comomonas; Firmicutes like Lactobacillus and
Enterococcus.
• Fruit fly Certatitis capitata- Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Citrobacter and
Pantoea (Behar et al., 2008).
• Lepidopterans (Lymantria dispar)- Enterobacter, Pseudomonas,
Staphylococcus, Paenibacillus, Serratia, Pantoea , Micrococcus and
Bacillus (Broderick et al., 2004).
20. Diversity of gut microflora in DBM
• 97% of the bacteria were from three orders:
Enterobacteriales, Vibrionales and Lactobacillales
Xia et al., 2013
21. Diversity of bacterial flora in lepidopteran larvae
• Broderick et al., (2009) evaluated the enteric bacteria of six lepidopterans
by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis out of six species, five species gut
bacteria were identified
Larval species
Bacterial species detected in
guts of larvae
Family Species
Nymphalidae Vanessa cardui Lactococcus lactis
Klebsiella sp.
Sphingidae Manduca sexta Enterobacter sp.
Klebsiella sp.
Pieridae Pieris rapae Enterobacter sp.
Pantoea sp.
Noctuidae Heliothis virescens none detected
Gelechiidae Pectinophora gossypiella Enterococcus casseliflavus
Lymantriidae Lymantria dispar Enterobacter sp. NAB3
Pseudomonas putida
22. Diversity of gut bacteria in silkworm
• Digestive tract of multivoltine, cross breed silk worm, Bombyx mori (L)
(PM x CSR2)
Isolates Species identified
1 Bacillus circulans
2 Proteus vulgaries
3 Klebsiella pneumonia
4 Escherichia coli
5 Cittrobacter freundii
6 Serratia liquefaciens
7 Enterobactor sp
8 Pseudomonas fluorescens
9 P. aeruginosa
10 Aeromonas sp
11 Erwinia species
23. Gut microbiota of the Spodoptera littoralis
(A) The structure of the
alimentary canal.
(B) Relative abundance of
bacteria in the three
segments
(C) Rarefaction curves of
the bacterial diversity in
gut section I and section
III.
Tang et al ., 2012
Spatial Distribution
24. Temporal distribution
• Body length of S. littoralis larvae increases from 1.5 mm to 40
mm, and the diameter of its gut increases from 0.5 mm to 7
mm.
Tang et al ., 2012
25. Functions of insect gut bacteria
Nutritional symbioses
• Bacteria passing through the gut can simply be digested and
used for itself as nutrients (nutritional bacteria).
Schauer et al. (2012)
Digestion of recalcitrant plant polymers
• Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) and the
Pacific dampwood termite (Zootermopsis angusticollis) both
degrade lignin during the passage through the gut.
Geib et al. (2008).
26. Nutrient provisioning
• Gut symbionts Rhodococcus rhodnii , which provisions B vitamins to its
blood-feeding host Rhodinus prolixus (Eichler and Schaub, 2002)
• Gut bacteria in termites directly fix nitrogen from the atmosphere
(Thong-On et al., 2012).
Immunity and protection
• Axenic locusts - entomopathogenic fungus – Beauvaria and
Metarhizium- Pantoea agglomerans- phenolic repository (Dillon and
Charnley ,1995)
• The facultative endosymbiont Hamiltonella defensa protects the aphid
from attack by the parasitoid Aphididus ervi (Oliver et al., 2005)
• Serratia symbiotica helps the aphid tolerate higher temperature (Russel
and Moran ,2006)
27. Population changes and phenotype manipulation
Candidatus cardinium- host feminization and
parthenogenesis (Zchori-Fein and Perlman, 2004)
Phenotype manipulation -Wolbachia.
Infected females produce viable offspring.
Uninfected female - less fit reproduction
Wolbachia - thelytoky parthenogenesis
Hemiptera, lepidoptera, diptera, coleoptera,
hymenoptera
(Hoerauf and Rao, 2007)
28.
29. Bacillus thuringiensis
Gram-positive, soil-dwelling bacterium, commonly used as
a biological pesticide.
Gut of caterpillars, moths and butterflies
Leaf surfaces, aquatic environments, animal feces, insect-rich
environments, and flour mills and grain-storage facilities
30. • B. thuringiensis was first discovered in 1901 by Japanese
biologist Ishiwata, most abundantly found in grain dust from
silos and other grain storage facilities
• In 1911, B. thuringiensis was rediscovered in Germany by
Berliner, who isolated it as the cause of a disease called
Schlaffsucht (excessive sleeping) in flour moth caterpillars
• Bt- commercial insecticide in France in 1938, and in the
1950s it entered commercial use in the USA.
31. Characteristics of Bt
Bt synthesize more than one parasporal inclusion. The
parasporal inclusions are formed by different insecticidal
crystal proteins (ICP)
The crystals have various shapes (bipyramidal, cuboidal, flat
rhomboid, spherical or composite with two crystal types)
32. During sporulation Bt strains produce crystal
proteins (proteinaceous inclusions), called δ-
endotoxins (Cry proteins), which are encoded by cry
genes, and have insecticidal action
Genetically modified crops - Bt genes.
35. Mechanism of Cry protein toxicity.
A: Ingestion
B: In the midgut, endotoxins are
solubilized from Bt spores
(s) and inclusions of crystallized
protein. (cp).
C: Cry toxins are proteolytically
processed to active toxins in the
midgut.
D: Cry toxins aggregate to form pores in
the membrane.
E: Pore formation leads to osmotic lysis.
F: Heavy damage to midgut membranes
leads to starvation or septicemia.
Whalon and Wingerd, 2003
36. Role of bacteria in the mode of action of Bt
• Gut bacteria -promoting insecticidal activity of Bt (Mason et
al., 2011).
• Gypsy moth larvae- elimination of the gut microbial
community abolished Bt insecticidal activity (Broderick et al.,
2009).
• Bacteria must be cause septicaemia.
• B. thuringiensis -enable the enteric bacteria (Enterobacter
spp. and E. coli ) to the gut epithelium (Broderick et al.,
2006).
40. Enzyme activity
• Case study 1
• Velvetbean caterpillar, Anticarsia gemmatalis
Visotto et al., 200940
41. Case study 2: Midgut bacteria required for Bt
insecticidal activity
Broderick et al., 2006 41
42. Restoration of B. thuringiensis toxicity
by an Enterobacter sp.
Growth of Bt, Enterobacter sp. NAB3, and E. coli ECE52 in tryptic soy broth (Left) and L. dispar
hemolymph (Right)
42
43. Midgut Microflora of H. armigera Populations From Different Locations
27 species
24 Species
7 species
2 species
1 species
AllLocations
41.8%totalmidgutflora
Case study 3: Antibiotics influence the toxicity of the delta endotoxins of Bt towards the
cotton bollworm, H. armigera
Paramasiva et al., 2014
43
44. Bt formulation
LC90 - 10.00 % (250 and 500 μg antibiotics)
LC90 - 83.33% (without antibiotics)
Cry1Ab
LC90- 6.67% (250 and 500 μg antibiotics)
LC90- 86.67% (without antibiotics)
Cry1Ac
LC90- 3.33 % (250 and 500 μg antibiotics)
LC90- 93.33% (without antibiotics)
Paramasiva et al., 2014
Effect of antibiotics in the artificial diet on mortality of Helicoverpa armigera larvae
due to Bt
44
45. Effect of antibiotics on the mortality of H. armigera larvae due to Bt toxins across
three generations
Biolep
F1 to F3 6.67 to 3.33 (250 μg antibiotics +
0.15% Bt)
F1 to F3 60.00% to 30.00% (without
antibiotics + 0.15% Bt)
Cry 1Ab
F1 to F3 13.33 to 3.33% (250 μg
antibiotics + 12 μg Cry 1Ab)
F1 to F3 60.00% to 30.00% (without
antibiotics + 12 μg Cry 1Ab)
Cry 1Ac
F1 to F3 6.67 to 3.33 (250 μg antibiotics +
12 μg Cry 1Ac)
F1 to F3 70.00% to 46.67% (without
antibiotics + 12 μg Cry 1Ac)
Paramasiva et al., 2014Paramasiva et al., 2014
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46. Case study 4: Contributions of gut bacteria to Bt-induced
mortality of different Lepidopteran species
Larval species Bacterial species detected in guts of larvae
Family Species sterile artificial diet diet with antibiotics
Nymphalidae Vanessa cardui Lactococcus lactis
none detected
Klebsiella sp.
Sphingidae Manduca sexta Enterobacter sp.
none detected
Klebsiella sp.
Pieridae Pieris rapae Enterobacter sp.
none detected
Pantoea sp.
Noctuidae Heliothis virescens none detected none detected
Gelechiidae
Pectinophora
gossypiella
Enterococcus
casseliflavus
none detected
Lymantriidae Lymantria dispar Enterobacter sp. NAB3
none detected
Pseudomonas putida
Broderick et al. (2009)
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52. Enhancement of B. thuringiensis virulence
in a mixture with BZA against the 5th instars
of S. exigua
A. BZA (250µM) and Bta (5.27 X
103 cfu/g) 100 ppm
B. BZA (250µM) and Btk (3.0 X
1010 cfu/g) 1,000 ppm
Kwon and Kim, 2008
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53. Case study 7: Ecological consequences of ingestion of Bacillus cereus on Bt
infections and on the gut flora of a lepidopteran host
Bt + strains of B. cereus synergistic - gypsy moth (Broderick et al., 2000).
Zwittermicin A - suppression of the larval gut flora.
A reduction in the number of competitors, increase the proliferation of Bt in the
gut and cadaver, improve the binding of crystal toxins to the gut surface, or reduce
the functioning of a damaged gut.
Raymond et al., 2008
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54. Antibiotic producing strain of B. cereus (BGSC 6A4- dark
shading) or an antibiotic negative strain (ATCC 11778-
light shading)
B. cereus synergist (strain
6A4) on cadaver
Raymond et al., 2008
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55. Case study 8: Synergistic Effect of Entomopathogenic Bacteria (Xenorhabdus sp.
And Photorhabdus temperata ssp. temperata) on the Pathogenicity of
Bt. ssp. aizawai Against S. exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus -Ve bacteria Fy: Enterobacteriaceae
Steinernema and Heterorhabditis- deliver bacteria into target insect
hemocoel - kill insect by septicemia. (Park and Kim 2000)
Bt - Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus bacteria to infect the insect hemocoel
by oral application
Synergistic Effect
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58. Case study 9: Enhanced Toxicity of Bt. kurstaki
and aizawai to Black Cutworm Larvae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
with Bacillus sp. NFD2 and Pseudomonas sp. FNFD1
• Chafer- Cyclocephala borealis killed by B. t. japonensis
• NFD2 and FNFD1
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60. Case study 10: Synergistic Activity of a Bt d-Endotoxin and a Bacterial
Endochitinase against S. littoralis Larvae
Peritrophic membrane- chitin embedded in a protein-carbohydrate matrix -
physical barrier against mechanical damage and invasion of microorganisms
(Terra, 1990)
Chitinolytic bacteria affect - peritrophic membrane
Endochitinases - perforation in peritrophic membrane & increase accessibility of
the §-endotoxin molecules to the epithelial membranes.
B. thuringiensis + chitinase insecticidal effect - Choristoneura fumiferana
larvae. Smirnoff (1977)
Low conc. B. t subsp. entomocidus + chitinolytic bacteria synergistic-
Spodoptera littoralis larvae
Eg:
Pseudomonadaceae, Corynebacterium, Arthrobacter group, Streptomyces,
and Bacillus
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62. CONCLUSION
Gut bacterial community is playing important role in the
biological activity of the Bt .
Insecticidal activity was abolished by eliminating the
detectable midgut bacterial community.
Insecticidal activity was restored by reintroducing an
Enterobacter spp., a member of the normal gut community.
Management of crop pests through Bt insecticide by
exploiting the gut bacterial community of host insects.
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