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Background
Exclusivity panel:
Strains picked and rationale for selection
B th i i
i
i l t
d i U S EPA
d
. ur ng ens s
so a es use n . .
-approve
pesticides
•
Bacillus thuringiensis
(Berliner) (no subsp. given)
•
Bacillus thuringiensis
subsp.
aizawai
•
Bacillus thuringiensis
subsp.
israelensis
•
Bacillus thuringiensis
subsp.
kurstaki
B ill th i i
i
b
t
b i i
*
•
ac us ur ng ens s
su sp.
ene r on s
*aka
subsp.
morrisoni
0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8
Genetic Distance
Branch A
53
B. thuringiensis
Branch B
22
B. thuringiensis
2
B. cereus
B. thuringiensis 10792
type strain
Branch C
122
B. thuringiensis
17
B. cereus
B. cereus
14579 type strain
Cluster 1
B. thuringiensis
subspecies
israelensis
B. thuringiensis
subspecies
morrisoni
B. thuringiensis
subspecies
kurstaki
B. thuringiensis
kurstaki33679
Branch D
6
B. cereus
Cluster 2
Branch E
1
B. cereus
Branch F
18
B. thuringiensis
18
B. cereus
25
B. anthracis
Branch G
7
B th i i
i
B. thuringiensis
subspecies
aizawai
All
B. anthracis
Isolates map here
. urngenss
1
B. cereus
Branch H
10
B. thuringiensis
9
B. cereus
Branch J
4
B. thuringiensis
1
B. cereus
Branch K
10
B. thuringiensis
6
B. cereus
Cluster 3
From Hill, K.K.,
et al.
(2004) Fluorescent amplified fragment
length polymorphism analysis of
Bacillus anthracis,
Bacillus cereus
and
B. thuringiensis
isolates. Appl. Environ.
Microbiol
. 70,
1068-1080