Inventors:
Jerald C. Ensign - Madison WI, US
David J. Bowen - Oregon WI, US
James Petell - Zionsville IN, US
Raymond Fatig - Zionsville IN, US
Sue Schoonover - Brownsburg IN, US
Thomas A. Rocheleau - Madison WI, US
Michael B. Blackburn - Madison WI, US
Timothy D. Hey - Zionsville IN, US
Donald J. Merlo - Carmel IN, US
Gregory L Orr - Indianapolis IN, US
Jean L. Roberts - Arcadia IN, US
James A. Strickland - Lebanon IN, US
Lining Guo - Brownsburg IN, US
Todd A. Ciche - Madison WI, US
Kitisri Sukhapinda - Zionsville IN, US
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation - Madison WI
International Classification:
A01H 5/00
C12N 15/82
C12N 15/31
US Classification:
800302, 536 237, 435418, 514 2
Abstract:
Proteins from the genus are toxic to insects upon exposure. (formerly ) have been found in mammalian clinical samples and as a bacterial symbiont of entomopathogenic nematodes of genus. These protein toxins can be applied to, or genetically engineered into, insect larvae food and plants for insect control.