Melanin pigment formation and increased UV resistance in Bacillus thuringiensis following high temperature induction. Export

@article{citeulike:3729897, abstract = {The pigment melanin is well known to protect against the damaging effects of UV radiation. In this study, we show that thirty-five of thirty-seven tested Bacillus thuringiensis strains possess the potential to produce melanin in the presence of L-tyrosin at elevated temperature (42 degrees C). These findings offer a method of protecting insecticidal toxins produced by B. thuringiensis from UV degredation and may therefore have important applications in the field of crop protection. Toxicity assays on Heliothis armigera suggested that the insecticidal activity of B. thuringiensis that produced melanin was significantly higher after UV irradiation than when melanin was not produced.}, author = {Ruan, L. and Yu, Z. and Fang, B. and He, W. and Wang, Y. and Shen, P.}, citeulike-article-id = {3729897}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15214633}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15214633}, issn = {0723-2020}, journal = {Systematic and applied microbiology}, keywords = {bacterial, melanin}, month = {May}, number = {3}, pages = {286--289}, posted-at = {2008-11-30 19:32:31}, priority = {2}, title = {Melanin pigment formation and increased UV resistance in Bacillus thuringiensis following high temperature induction.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15214633}, volume = {27}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3729897 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3729897 N2 - The pigment melanin is well known to protect against the damaging effects of UV radiation. In this study, we show that thirty-five of thirty-seven tested Bacillus thuringiensis strains possess the potential to produce melanin in the presence of L-tyrosin at elevated temperature (42 degrees C). These findings offer a method of protecting insecticidal toxins produced by B. thuringiensis from UV degredation and may therefore have important applications in the field of crop protection. Toxicity assays on Heliothis armigera suggested that the insecticidal activity of B. thuringiensis that produced melanin was significantly higher after UV irradiation than when melanin was not produced. IS - 3 JF - Systematic and applied microbiology SN - 0723-2020 EP - 289 TI - Melanin pigment formation and increased UV resistance in Bacillus thuringiensis following high temperature induction. VL - 27 SP - 286 KW - bacterial KW - melanin AU - Ruan, L AU - Yu, Z AU - Fang, B AU - He, W AU - Wang, Y AU - Shen, P PY - 2004/05// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15214633 ER -