Original research article cry gene profile of native entomopathogenic bacillus thuringiensis from soil

Bacillus thuringiensis produces different insecticidal crystal proteins which are encoded by cry genes. Isolation was carried out from 17 diverse locations’ soil; nine bacterial isolates were separated and selected on the basis of presence of parasporal body. Isolate ABt 10 was screened for different cry genes with universal and gene specific primers.