Bacillus thuringiensis (or Bt) is a gram-positive, soil-dwelling bacterium, the most commonly used biological pesticide worldwide.

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Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), soil-dwelling bacterium that naturally produces a toxin that is fatal to certain herbivorous insects. The toxin produced by Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has been used as an insecticide spray since the 1920s and is commonly used in organic farming.

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a Gram positive, spore-forming bacterium that synthesizes parasporal crystalline inclusions containing Cry and Cyt proteins, some of which are toxic against a wide range of insect orders, nematodes and human-cancer cells.

BT基因即是苏云金芽胞杆菌(Bacillus thuringiensis，简称Bt)基因，因其表达产物Bt毒蛋白杀虫效果好、安全、高效等优点而成为应用最为广泛的转杀虫基因。 Bt与其它芽胞杆菌相比，一个显著特点就是不仅能够形成芽胞，同时还能产生由杀虫蛋白组成的晶体。

2018年6月19日 · Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops are plants genetically engineered (modified) to contain the endospore (or crystal) toxins of the bacterium, Bt to be resistant to certain insect pests. In 1995, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in USA approved the commercial production and distribution of the Bt crops: corn, cotton, potato, and tobacco.

The Bt gene has emerged as the most widely utilized transgenic insecticidal gene, attributed to its product, the Bt toxin protein, which boasts remarkable insecticidal effects, safety, and efficiency.

Bt is Grampositive, non-capsulated and motile with peritrichous flagella. Classification of Bt strains has been accomplished by H serotyping, the immunological reaction to the bacterial flagellar antigen. 20 The hag gene encodes flagellin, which is responsible for eliciting the immunological reaction in H serotyping.

2012年9月7日 · Bt 基因已经被广泛地用于多种植物的遗传转化，用来控制鳞翅目 (Lepidoptera)、双翅目 (Diptera)和鞘翅目 (Coleoptera)的害虫。 近年来人们在 Bt 基因的修饰与改造、表达载体的构建、植物组织转化、抗虫植物的培育等方面做了大量工作 (Génissel et al.，2003; 王继磊等，2010)。 随着 Bt 作物的大面积种植，有关目标昆虫产生抗性的报道也引起了人们的重视 (Bates et al.，2005; Li et al.，2007; Liu et al.，2009)。 第1代的抗虫植物只是将单一的 Bt 基因转入植 …

2011年2月25日 · Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a soil bacterium that forms spores during the stationary phase of its growth cycle. The spores contain crystals, predominantly comprising one or more Cry and/or Cyt pr...