Compositions and methods for conferring insecticidal activity to
bacteria, plants,
plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions including a coding sequence for a
Brevibacillus-derived
delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in
DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and
bacteria. Compositions also include transformed
bacteria, plants,
plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated
delta-endotoxin
nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally,
amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those
amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated
nucleic acid molecules having
nucleotide sequences encoding the
amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, 4, 7, or 10, or the
nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, or 15, as well as variants and fragments thereof.