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Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) is a gram-positive, sporeforming bacterium distinguished by its ability to produce parasporal protein crystals. These proteins, collectively known as δ-endotoxins, are toxic to a number of lepidopteran insects of economic importance as well as to certain dipterans which are important vectors of human disease (7). Over 20 different varieties of B. thuringiensis are currently recognized on the basis of flagellar antigens (6) and immunological (19) and toxicity (8) properties of the parasporal crystals.
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Chapman, J.S., Carlton, B.C. (1985). Conjugal Plasmid Transfer in Bacillus Thuringiensis . In: Helinski, D.R., Cohen, S.N., Clewell, D.B., Jackson, D.A., Hollaender, A. (eds) Plasmids in Bacteria. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2447-8_33
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