Prof. Arieh Zaritsky:
Recent Publications
(see also Selected
Previous Publications)
Bacterial Physiology 
Biological Control of Insects 
other
Rabinovitch, A,. Hadas, H., Einav, M., Melamed, Z. & Zaritsky,
A. (1999). A model for bacteriophage T4 development in Escherichia coli.
J. Bacteriol. 181: 1677-1683
Zaritsky, A,. Woldringh, C. L., Fishov, I.,. Vischer, N.O.E.
& Einav, M. (1999). Varying division planes of secondary constrictions
in spheroidal Escherichia coli cells. Microbiology
145: 1015-1022
Binenbaum, Z., Parola, A.H., Zaritsky, A. & Fishov, I. (1999).
Transcription- and translation- dependent changes of membrane dynamics in
bacteria: testing the transertion model for domain formation. Molec.
Microbiol.
32: 1173-1182
Ben-Dov, E., Wang, Q., Zaritsky, A., Manasherob, R., Barak,
Z., Schneider, B., Khamraev, A., Baizhanov, M., Glupov, V. & Margalith,
Y. (1999). Multiplex PCR screening to detect cry9 genes in Bacillus
thuringiensis strains. Appl. environ.
Microbiol.
65: 3714-3716
Ben-Dov, E., Nissan, G., Pelleg, N., Manasherob, R., Boussiba,
S. & Zaritsky, A (1999). Refined, circular restriction map of the Bacillus
thuringiensis subsp. israelensis plasmid carrying the mosquito
larvicidal genes. Plasmid 42: 186-191
Zaritsky, A., Van Geel, A., Fishov, I., Pas, E., Einav, M. &
Woldringh, C.L. (1999). Visualizing multiple constrictions in spheroidal Escherichia
coli cells. Biochimie 81: 897-900
Rabinovitch, A., Zaritsky, A., Fishov, I., Einav, M. & Hadas,
H. (1999). Bacterial lysis by phage--a theoretical model. J.
theoret. Biol. 201: 209-213
Liu, Z., Sun, M., Yu, Z., Zaritsky, A., Ben-Dov, E. & Manasherob,
R. (1999). Preliminary study of P19 gene from Bacillus thuringiensis
subsp. israelensis. Weishengwu-Xuebao 39: 114-119 (in
Chinese)
Liu, Z., Sun, M., Chen, Y., Yu, Z., Manasherob, R., Ben-Dov,
E. & Zaritsky, A. (1999). The influence of the 20 kDa protein from Bacillus
thuringiensis subsp. israelensis on the cytolytic activity of CytA.
Acta Genetica Sinica 26: 81-86 (in Chinese)
Boussiba, S., Wu, X-Q., Ben-Dov, E., Zarka, A. & Zaritsky,
A. (2000). Nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria as gene delivery system for expressing
mosquitocidal toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis.
J. Appl. Phycol. 12: 461-467
Zaritsky, A., Woldringh, C.L., Pritchard, R.H. & Fishov,
I. (2000). Surviving Escherichia coli in Good Shape: The Many Faces
of Bacillary Bacteria. In, Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats.
Series (Editor: Joseph Seckbach) -"Journey to diverse Microbial Worlds"
pp 347-364. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Ben-Dov, E., Manasherob, R., Zaritsky, A., Barak, Z. & Margalith, Y.
(2001). PCR analysis of cry7 genes in Bacillus thuringiensis by the
five conserved blocks of toxins. Curr. Microbiol.
42: 96-99
Pas, E., Einav, M., Woldringh, C. L., & Zaritsky, A. (2001). Perpendicular planes of FtsZ arcs in spheroidal
Escherichia coli cells. Biochimie 83: 121-124
Myasnik, M., Manasherob, R., Ben-Dov, E., Zaritsky, A., Margalith, Y. & Barak, Z. (2001). Comparative sensitivity to
UVB radiation of two
Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies and other Bacillus sp. Curr.
Microbiol.
43: 140-143
Lluisma, A. O., Karmacharya, N., Zarka, A., Ben-Dov, E., Zaritsky, A. & Boussiba, S. (2001). Suitability of
Anabaena PCC7120 expressing mosquitocidal toxin genes from Bacillus thuringiensis
subsp. israelensis for biotechnological application. Appl.
Microbiol. Biotechnol., 57: 161-166.
Manasherob, R., Zaritsky, A., Ben-Dov, E., Saxena, D., Barak, Z. & Einav, M. (2001). Effects of accessory proteins P19 and P20 on cytolytic activity
of Cyt1Aa from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis in Escherichia
coli. Curr. Microbiol. 43: 355-364
Khasdan, V., Ben-Dov, E., Manasherob, R., Boussiba, S. & Zaritsky, A.
(2001). Toxicity and Synergism in Recombinant Escherichia coli Expressing
Cry and Cyt from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis.
Environ. Microbiol. 3: 798-806
Saxena, D., Ben-Dov, E., Manasherob, R., Barak, Z., Boussiba, S. &
Zaritsky, A. (2002). A UV tolerant mutant of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp.
kurstaki producing melanin. Curr. Microbiol. 44: 25-30
Rabinovitch, A., Fishov, I., Hadas, H., Einav, M. & Zaritsky, A. (2002).
Bacteriophage T4 development in Escherichia coli is growth
rate-dependent. J. theoret. Biol. 216:1-4
Manasherob, R., Ben-Dov, E., Wu, X.-Q., Boussiba, S. & Zaritsky, A.
(2002). Protection from UV-B damage of mosquito larvicidal toxins from Bacillus
thuringiensis subsp. israelensis expressed in Anabaena PCC
7120. Curr. Microbiol. 45:
217-220
Berry, C., O'Neil, S., Ben-Dov, E., Jones, A. F., Murphy, L., Quail, M.
A., Harris, D., Zaritsky, A. & Parkhill, J. (2002) The complete sequence
and organization of pBtoxis, the toxin-coding plasmid of Bacillus
thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Appl.
environ. Microbiol. 68: 5082-5095
Zaritsky, A. & Woldringh, C. L. (2003). Localizing cell division in
Escherichia coli by nucleoid position. FEMS Microbiol.
Letts. 226: 209-214
Ben-Dov,
E., Saxena, D., Wang, Q., Manasherob, R., Boussiba, S. & Zaritsky, A.
(2003). Ingested particles reduce susceptibility of insect larvae to Bacillus
thuringiensis. J. appl. Entomol. 127: 146-152
Rabinovitch, A., Aviram, I. & Zaritsky, A. (2003). Bacterial debris-an
ecological mechanism for coexistemce of bacteria and their viruses. J.
theoret. Biol. 224: 377-383
Manasherob,
R., Otieno-Ayayo, Z.N., Ben-Dov, E., Miaskovsky, R., Boussiba, S. &
Zaritsky, A. (2003). Enduring toxicity of transgenic Anabaena PCC 7120
expressing mosquito larvicidal genes from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis.
Environ. Microbiol.
5: 997-100
Rabinovitch, A., Zaritsky, A. & Feingold, M. (2003). DNA-membrane
interactions can localize bacterial cell center. J.
theoret. Biol. 225: 493-496
Khasdan, V., Ben-Dov,
E., Manasherob, R., Boussiba, S. & Zaritsky, A. (2003). Mosquito larvicidal
activity of transgenic Anabaena PCC 7120 expressing toxin genes
from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. FEMS
Microbiol. Letts. 227: 189-195
Manasherob, R., Zaritsky, A., Metzler, Y., Ben-Dov, E., Itsko, M. &
Fishov, I. (2003). Compaction of the Escherichia coli nucleoid caused by
Cyt1Aa from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Microbiology
149: 3553-3564
