Bacillus thuringiensis (or Bt) is a Gram-positive, soil-dwelling bacterium, commonly used as a biological pesticide. B. thuringiensis also occurs naturally in the gut of caterpillars of various types of moths and butterflies, as well on leaf surfaces, aquatic environments, animal feces, insect-rich environments, and flour mills and grain-storage f...
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(from the article `bacillus`) ...for humans and only infect them incidentally in their role as soil organisms; a notable exception is B. anthracis, which causes anthrax (q.v.) in ...
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<bacteria> Soil living bacterium that produces an endotoxin that is deadly to insects. Many strains exist, each with great specificity as to target Orders of insects. ... In general, the mode of action involves solubilisation at the high pH within the target insect's gut, followed by proteolytic cleavage, the activated peptides form pores in ...
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Soil-living bacterium that produces a delta-endotoxin that is deadly to insects. Many strains exist, each with great specificity as to target Orders of insects. In general, the mode of action involves solubilization at the high pH within the target insect's gut, followed by proteolytic cleavage; the activated peptides form pores in the gut cell apical plasma membranes, causing lysis of the cells.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a bacterial species that is an insect pathogen used for vector control that has been implicated in human and mammalian infections. In the laboratory it may be misdiagnosed as a strain of Bacillus cereus.
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