PESTICIDALLY ACTIVE PROTEINS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES OBTAINABLE FROM PAENIBACILLUS SPECIES

摘要

The subject invention provides unique biological alternatives for pest control. More specifically, the present invention relates to novel pesticidal proteins, polynucleotides that encode such toxins, and to methods of toxins to control insects and other plant pests. The subject invention relates to the surprising discovery that Paenibacillus species, and proteins therefrom, have toxicity to lepidopterans. There have been no known reports of a Paenibacillus species, strain, or protein having toxicity to lepidopterans. This is also the first known example of a Paenibacillus Cry protein that is toxic to lepidopterans. Furthermore, this is the first known report of Paenibacillus having TC-like proteins. The DAS 1529 isolate disclosed here is also the first known example of a natural bacterium that produces both a Cry toxin and toxin complex (TC) proteins. The subject invention also relates to new classes of Cry and TC proteins that are pesticidally active.