Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a bacterium known for its ability to produce insecticidal proteins, particularly Cry proteins, which are widely used in agriculture as biopesticides. These proteins ...

Bt maize has revolutionized pest control and many farmers have benefited, but some people remain skeptical of this new technology. Bacillus thuringiensis is a species of bacteria that produces ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 78, No. 3 (Sep., 1995), pp. 414-443 (30 pages) Insecticidal crystal proteins (also known as δ-endotoxins) synthesized by the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner ...

For more than 20 years, farmers across the globe have been planting crops, including corn, cotton, and soybeans, that have been genetically modified to express insecticide genes from the bacterium ...

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a soil bacterium which produces proteinaceous inclusion bodies during sporulation. The inclusion bodies contain genetically encoded insecticidal proteins with very ...

A recent court decision halting the production of the genetically modified crops Golden Rice and Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) eggplant may impact on the country’s food security and may cause ...

The genetically modified (GM) Bt cotton contains genes from the bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis, making the cotton plant ...