Claims
- 1. An isolated BtPGSI245 strain which was deposited under DSM accession no. 5132 or a strain having all of the identifying phenotypical characteristics of said BtPGSI245 strain, having activity against insects of the family Coleoptera.
- 2. Isolated BtPGSI245 crystals or crystal proteins comprising a toxin or protoxin having activity against insects of the family Coleoptera produced by the BtPGSI245 strain of claim 1.
- 3. Isolated BtPGSI245 protoxin comprising about amino acids 1-1138 of FIG. 2.
- 4. An insecticidal composition having activity against Coleoptera, which comprises the isolated BtPGSI245 strain of claim 1.
- 5. A process for controlling a Coleopteran pest comprising contacting said pest with an insecticidally effective amount of the insecticidal composition of claim 4.
- 6. The process of claim 5 wherein said Coleopteran pest is Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Agelastica alni, Diabrotica luteola, Haltica tombacina, Anthonomus grandis, Tenebrio molitor, Diabrotica undecimpunctata or Triboleum castaneum.
- 7. The process of claim 6 wherein the pest is Leptinotarsa decemlineata.
- 8. An insecticidal composition having activity against Coleoptera which comprises the isolated BtPGSI245 crystals or crystal proteins of claim 2.
- 9. An insecticidal composition having activity against Coleoptera which comprises the isolated BtPGSI245 protoxin of claim 3.
- 10. Isolated BtPGSI245 toxin comprising about amino acids 53-637 of FIG. 2.
- 11. An insecticidal composition having activity against Coleoptera which comprises the isolated BtPGSI245 toxin of claim 10.
- 12. A process for controlling a Coleopteran pest comprising contacting said pest with an insecticidally effective amount of the insecticidal composition of claim 8.
- 13. A process for controlling a Coleopteran pest comprising contacting said pest with an insecticidally effective amount of the insecticidal composition of claim 9.
- 14. A process for controlling a Coleopteran pest comprising contacting said pest with an insecticidally effective amount of the insecticidal composition of claim 11.
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/247,459, filed May 23, 1994 now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/741,440, filed Aug. 6, 1991, now abandoned.
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