Didier Lereclus

Genetic differentiation between sympatric populations of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis.

The InhA2 metalloprotease of Bacillus thuringiensis strain 407 is required for pathogenicity in insects infected via the oral route.

Two-dimensional electrophoresis analysis of the extracellular proteome of Bacillus cereus reveals the importance of the PlcR regulon.

A cell-cell signaling peptide activates the PlcR virulence regulon in bacteria of the Bacillus cereus group.

Contribution of membrane-damaging toxins to Bacillus endophthalmitis pathogenesis.

Distinct clpP genes control specific adaptive responses in Bacillus thuringiensis.

An ABC transporter from Bacillus thuringiensis is essential for beta-exotoxin I production.

Requirement of flhA for swarming differentiation, flagellin export, and secretion of virulence-associated proteins in Bacillus thuringiensis.

The Bacillus thuringiensis PlcR-regulated gene inhA2 is necessary, but not sufficient, for virulence.

Relationship of plcR-regulated factors to Bacillus endophthalmitis virulence.

An extracytoplasmic-function sigma factor is involved in a pathway controlling beta-exotoxin I production in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. thuringiensis strain 407-1.

Distinct mutations in PlcR explain why some strains of the Bacillus cereus group are nonhemolytic.

Comparison of cytotoxin cytK promoters from Bacillus cereus strain ATCC 14579 and from a B. cereus food-poisoning strain.

Characterization of two Bacillus thuringiensis genes identified by in vivo screening of virulence factors.

Fate of Bacillus thuringiensis strains in different insect larvae.

Specificity and polymorphism of the PlcR-PapR quorum-sensing system in the Bacillus cereus group.

The InhA1 metalloprotease allows spores of the B. cereus group to escape macrophages.

Bacillus endophthalmitis: roles of bacterial toxins and motility during infection.

A comparative study of Bacillus cereus, Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus anthracis extracellular proteomes.

Bacillus cereus produces several nonproteinaceous insecticidal exotoxins.

FlhA influences Bacillus thuringiensis PlcR-regulated gene transcription, protein production, and virulence.

Self-control in DNA site-specific recombination mediated by the tyrosine recombinase TnpI.

Adhesion and cytotoxicity of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis to epithelial cells are FlhA and PlcR dependent, respectively.

The enhancin-like metalloprotease from the Bacillus cereus group is regulated by the pleiotropic transcriptional activator PlcR but is not essential for larvicidal activity.

Biofilm formation by Bacillus cereus is influenced by PlcR, a pleiotropic regulator.

Identification of Bacillus cereus internalin and other candidate virulence genes specifically induced during oral infection in insects.

Extending the Bacillus cereus group genomics to putative food-borne pathogens of different toxicity.

Growth-related variations in the Bacillus cereus secretome.

Characterization of a small PlcR-regulated gene co-expressed with cereolysin O.

Biosurfactant production and surface translocation are regulated by PlcR in Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 under low-nutrient conditions.

Structure of PlcR: Insights into virulence regulation and evolution of quorum sensing in Gram-positive bacteria.

The PlcR virulence regulon of Bacillus cereus.

The YvfTU two-component system is involved in plcR expression in Bacillus cereus.

Generation of Mini-Tn10 transposon insertion mutant library of Bacillus thuringiensis for the investigation of genes required for its bacteriocin production.

The InhA metalloproteases of Bacillus cereus contribute concomitantly to virulence.

Transfer of Bacillus cereus spores from packaging paper into food.

IlsA, a unique surface protein of Bacillus cereus required for iron acquisition from heme, hemoglobin and ferritin.

InhA1, NprA, and HlyII as candidates for markers to differentiate pathogenic from nonpathogenic Bacillus cereus strains.

In vitro digestion of Cry1Ab proteins and analysis of the impact on their immunoreactivity.

CwpFM (EntFM) is a Bacillus cereus potential cell wall peptidase implicated in adhesion, biofilm formation, and virulence.

Bacillus thuringiensis: an impotent pathogen?

Conjugal transfer between Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus cereus strains is not directly correlated with growth of recipient strains.

Haemolysin II is a Bacillus cereus virulence factor that induces apoptosis of macrophages.

Purification and characterization of a new Bacillus thuringiensis bacteriocin active against Listeria monocytogenes, Bacillus cereus and Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

Role played by exosporium glycoproteins in the surface properties of Bacillus cereus spores and in their adhesion to stainless steel.

A cell-cell communication system regulates protease production during sporulation in bacteria of the Bacillus cereus group.

Bacillus cytotoxicus sp. nov. is a new thermotolerant species of the Bacillus cereus group occasionally associated with food poisoning.

Identification of the promoter in the intergenic region between orf1 and cry8Ea1 controlled by sigma H factor.

Necrotrophism is a quorum-sensing-regulated lifestyle in Bacillus thuringiensis.

A multicomponent sugar phosphate sensor system specifically induced in Bacillus cereus during infection of the insect gut.

How the insect pathogen bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis and Xenorhabdus/Photorhabdus occupy their hosts.

Structure, biosynthesis, and properties of kurstakins, nonribosomal lipopeptides from Bacillus spp.

Weak transcription of the cry1Ac gene in nonsporulating Bacillus thuringiensis cells.

Pathogenic potential of B. cereus strains revealed by phenotypic analysis.