Bacillus thuringiensis and Lysinibacillus sphaericus

Foreword

Lidia Mariana Fiuza, Ricardo Polanczyk and Neil Crickmore (Editors of the book)




Preface

Leon Rabinovitch



Chapter 1. Bacillus thuringiensis characterization: morphology, physiology, biochemistry, pathotype, cellular and molecular aspects



Leon Rabinovitch, Vilmar Machado, Neiva Knaak, Diouneia Lisiane Berlitz, Ricardo Polanczyk and Lidia Mariana Fiuza




Chapter 2. The biology, ecology and taxonomy of Bacillus thuringiensis and related bacteria

Ben Raymond







Chapter 3. Bacillus thuringiensis toxin classification

Neil Crickmore







Chapter 4. Insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis and their mechanism of action

Alejandra Bravo, Sabino Pacheco, Isabel Gómez, Blanca Garcia-Gómez, Janette Onofre and Mario Soberón





Chapter 5. Effect of Bacillus thuringiensis on parasitoids and predators

Sergio Antonio De Bortoli, Alessandra Marieli Vacari, Ricardo Antonio Polanczyk, Ana Carolina Pires Veiga and Roberto Marchi Goulart



Chapter 6. Characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis using plasmid patterns, AFLP and rep-PCR



Fernando Hercos Valicente and Rosane Bezerra da Silva





Chapter 7. New sequencing technologies and genomic analysis applied to Bacillus thuringiensis

Roberto Franco Teixeira Correia, Anne Caroline Mascarenhas dos Santos, Raimundo Wagner de Souza Aguiar, Bergmann Morais Ribeiro and Fernando Lucas Melo





Chapter 8. Expression of Bacillus thuringiensis in insect cells

Bergmann Morais Ribeiro, Érica Soares Martins, Raimundo Wagner de Souza Aguiar and Roberto Franco Teixeira Correia





Chapter 9. Bacillus thuringiensis: Different Targets and InteractionsLidia Mariana Fiuza, Diouneia Lisiane Berlitz, Jaime

Dr. Lidia Mariana Fiuza - PhD (ENSAM-Montpellier/France), is currently Researcher at Instituto Riograndense do Arroz (IRGA) and member of the Agricultural Sciences Commitee at Research Foundation of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She specializes in the areas of toxicology, microbiology, and entomology, with an emphasis in bacteriology and acting on the following topics: Bacillus thuringiensis and correlates; genes cry; insecticidal proteins; plants-Bt; toxin interactions; microbial control of pests and diseases. As innovation and technology activities, she is a partner in the Control_Agro_Bio Pesquisa e Defesa Agropecuária Ltda., which is currently accredited in the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture as a Collaborating Center for Pest Risk Analysis - ARP, Section of Agricultural Defense, Department of Plant Protection.Dr. Ricardo Antonio Polanczyk - PhD (ESALQ/USP), is currently Assistant Professor at UNESP. Before this, he was at UFES, working with Dr. Pratissoli in IPM systems. Microbial control of agricultural pests is his main field of research, including the interactions between microbial control agents and pesticides and Bt plants. In 2014 he took part in the course "Risk Analysis: Role of Science in GMO Decision-making" in the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Trieste- Italy).Dr. Neil Crickmore - PhD (University of Warwick), is currently Senior Lecturer in Molecular Genetics, University of Sussex and Adjunct Professor State Key Laboratory for the Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. Before, he was Research Associate at University of Cambridge. Widely heralded today as a leading figure in Bacillus thuringiensis research. Chair and webmaster of International Bacillus thuringiensis toxin nomenclature committee; Convenor of the Bacterial Division of the IOBC/WPRS.