Isolation and Characterization of Coproporphyrin Produced by Four Subspecies of Bacillus thuringiensis
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 51 (3) , 481-486
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.51.3.481-486.1986
Abstract
It was found by using spectrophotometric, spectrofluorometric, and high-pressure liquid chromatography that four subspecies of Bacillus thuringiensis produce coproporphyrin. The porphyrin isomer was identified as coproporphyrin I for B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki (HD1). The porphyrin was isolated both from spores and from a variety of spent growth media. The quantity of porphyrin released by each Bacillus subspecies differed. The rank order of porphyrin production follows: B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD1 > B. thuringiensis subsp. thuringiensis HD27 > B. thuringiensis subsp. thuringiensis HD41 > B. thuringiensis subsp. darmstadiensis HD199.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
- Influence of pH on porphyrin production in Propionibacterium acnesArchives of Dermatological Research, 1984
- Characterization of inhibitor A, a protease from Bacillus thuringiensis which degrades attacins and cecropins, two classes of antibacterial proteins in insectsEuropean Journal of Biochemistry, 1984
- Development and utilization of a procedure for measuring urinary porphyrins by high-performance liquid chromatographyJournal of Chromatography B: Biomedical Sciences and Applications, 1982
- Porphyrin-induced photodamage as related to the subcellular localization of the porphyrins.1982
- Comparative studies of porphyrin production in Propionibacterium acnes and Propionibacterium granulosumJournal of Bacteriology, 1978
- PORPHYRINS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS AS PHOTODYNAMIC SENSITIZERS*Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1975
- Physiology of sporeforming bacteria associated with insects: radiorespirometric survey of carbohydrate metabolism in the 12 serotypes of Bacillus thuringiensis.1974
- Physiology of sporeforming bacteria associated with insects: minimal nutritional requirements for growth, sporulation, and parasporal crystal formation of Bacillus thuringiensis.1974
- Aminolaevulinate synthetase of Micrococcus denitrificans. Purification and properties of the enzyme, and the effects of growth conditions on the enzyme activity in cellsBiochemical Journal, 1973
- Porphyrin-accumulating mutants of Escherichia coli.1973