Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped and produces spores. Aside from being a close relative to Bacillus anthracis (the one ...
Interactions between Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner and its beta-exotoxin, thuringiensin, were evaluated in neonate larvae of Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith). The median lethal concentration of B ...
Corn rootworms, pests responsible for billions of dollars in yearly crop losses, are evolving resistance that weakens even the latest biotechnology controls, according to a new study published in the ...
The European corn borer (ECB) consists of at least two., genetically differentiated host races: one feeding on maize, the other feeding on mugwort and hop. It is unclear to what extent individuals ...
Is the supposed safety advantage of GMO crops over conventional chemical pesticides a mirage? According to biotech lore, the Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) pesticides introduced into many GMO food crops ...
Researchers at the University of Exeter published an impassioned defense of the biopesticide Bacillus thuringiensis, refuting a report by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that the bacterium ...
A major challenge in bacterial developmental biology is to understand how the bacteria determine their fate at the cell level (Losick and Desplan, 2008; Lopez et al., 2009). To date, this question has ...
Read full article: Everything you need to know about ‘Mosquito Dunks’: What is Bti? How does it work? Is it safe? Mosquitoes use standing water to breed, which is why you should make sure there isn’t ...
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