Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus thuringiensis Strain 407 Cry-

Anna E Sheppard; Anja Poehlein; Philip Rosenstiel; Heiko Liesegang; Hinrich Schulenburg

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00158-12

Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus thuringiensis Strain 407 Cry-

Genome Announc. 2013 Jan;1(1):e00158-12. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00158-12. Epub 2013 Jan 31.

Authors

Anna E Sheppard¹, Anja Poehlein, Philip Rosenstiel, Heiko Liesegang, Hinrich Schulenburg

Affiliation

¹ Department of Evolutionary Ecology and Genetics, Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.

Abstract

Bacillus thuringiensis is an insect pathogen that has been used widely as a biopesticide. Here, we report the genome sequence of strain 407 Cry-, which is used to study the genetic determinants of pathogenicity. The genome consists of a 5.5-Mb chromosome and nine plasmids, including a novel 502-kb megaplasmid.