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316 9: <strong>Insect</strong>icidal Toxins from Photorhabdus <strong>and</strong> Xenorhabdus<br />

Figure 2 Comparison <strong>of</strong> tc-like loci in entomopathogenic bacteria. Yersinia pestis is vectored by the flea <strong>and</strong> carries a tca-like<br />

locus, complete in biovar KIM but with tcaB1 disrupted in biovar CO92. Serratia entomophila is a free-living bacteria that infects<br />

grass grubs. In this species the tc-homologous sepABC is carried on a conjugative plasmid required for insect pathogenicity. In<br />

Xenorhabdus nematophilus, vectored by a nematode, tc-homologous genes lie on a cosmid clone recovered on the basis <strong>of</strong> oral<br />

toxicity to caterpillars. Note again that the color coding indicates homology with the three central tcaAB, tcaC, <strong>and</strong> tccC-like elements<br />

(see key).<br />

Figure 3 The toxin complex d (tcd ) locus from four different Photorhabdus strains highlighting the three different color-coded tcaAB/<br />

tcdA, tcaC/tcdB, <strong>and</strong> tccC-like elements (see key). Comparison <strong>of</strong> the four loci shows a conserved core (boxed in gray) <strong>and</strong> then<br />

localized deletions within <strong>and</strong> between the different tcd homologs (see text). Note that the tcd locus from W14 can confer oral toxicity<br />

on recombinant E. coli.

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