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souad rouis

centre de biotechnologie de sfax
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Review on biopesticide production by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki since 1990: Focus on bioprocess parameters

W Jallouli, F Driss, L Fillaudeau, S Rouis - Process Biochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Irrespective use of chemical pesticides has led, over the last decades, to several problems
such as soil, water and food sources pollution, and generation of a selective pressure causing …

Investigation of the steps involved in the difference of susceptibility of Ephestia kuehniella and Spodoptera littoralis to the Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa16 toxin

…, F Kamoun, H Azzouz, S Tounsi, S Rouis… - Journal of invertebrate …, 2011 - Elsevier
BUPM95 is a Bacillusthuringiensis subsp. kurstaki strain producing the Vip3Aa16 toxin with
an interesting insecticidal activity against the Lepidopteran larvae Ephestia kuehniella. …

Prays oleae Midgut Putative Receptor of Bacillus thuringiensis Vegetative Insecticidal Protein Vip3LB Differs from that of Cry1Ac Toxin

L Abdelkefi-Mesrati, S Rouis, S Sellami… - Molecular biotechnology, 2009 - Springer
Vegetative insecticidal protein (Vip) is a class of insecticidal proteins produced by many
Bacillus thuringiensis strains during their vegetative growth stage. The vip3LB gene of B. …

PVY-resistant transgenic potato plants expressing an anti-NIa protein scFv antibody

R Gargouri-Bouzid, L Jaoua, S Rouis, MN Saïdi… - Molecular …, 2006 - Springer
A synthetic gene encoding a single chain Fv fragment of an antibody directed against the
nuclear inclusion a (NIa) protein of potato virus Y (PVY) was used to transform two commerical …

A new Tunisian strain of Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki having high insecticidal activity and δ-endotoxin yield

I Saadaoui, S Rouis, S Jaoua - Archives of microbiology, 2009 - Springer
BLB1 is a new Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki strain, isolated from a Tunisian soil sample.
Assay of toxicity of BLB1 crystal proteins resulted in an LC50 of 70.32 ng of toxin per mg of flour …

Integration of a Recombinant Chitinase into Bacillus thuringiensis Parasporal Insecticidal Crystal

F Driss, S Rouis, H Azzouz, S Tounsi, N Zouari… - Current …, 2011 - Springer
Chitinases have been successfully used in combination with Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxins
forming crystals in order to enhance their insecticidal activities. In this context, we …

A stable cytosolic expression of VH antibody fragment directed against PVY NIa protein in transgenic potato plant confers partial protection against the virus

D Bouaziz, M Ayadi, A Bidani, S Rouis, O Nouri-Ellouz… - Plant Science, 2009 - Elsevier
The expression of recombinant antibodies in transgenic plants has been proved to be an
efficient approach for large-scale production. However, the stability of these molecules and …

Comparative study of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Aa and Cry1Ac δ-endotoxin activation, inactivation and in situ histopathological effect in Ephestia kuehniella …

S Rouis, M Chakroun, S Jaoua - Molecular biotechnology, 2008 - Springer
A comparative study of different steps in the mode of action of the individual Bacillus
thuringiensis kurstaki BNS3 Cry1Aa and Cry1Ac δ-endotoxins on E. kuehniella larvae was …

Characterization of Tunisian Bacillus thuringiensis strains with abundance of kurstaki subspecies harbouring insecticidal activities against the lepidopteran insect …

…, L Abdelkefi-Mesrati, P Schultz, S Rouis… - Current …, 2010 - Springer
The study of 257 crystal-producing Bacillus thuringiensis isolates from bioinsecticide free
soil samples collected from different sites in Tunisia, was performed by PCR amplification, …

Complete genome sequences of two Bacillus thuringiensis serovar kurstaki strains isolated from Lebanon and Tunisia, highly toxic against lepidopteran larvae

…, R Nasseredine, N Abdelmalek, S Rouis… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacillus thuringiensis-based products are key in the biopesticides market. Bacillus
thuringiensis kurstaki strains Lip and BLB1 were isolated from Lebanese and Tunisian soils, …