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To: allmendream

Bacillus thuringiensis (or Bt) is a Gram-positive, soil-dwelling bacterium.


12 posted on 05/25/2011 7:57:13 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: Scythian
Bt toxin is a protein produced by a bacterial gene.

The gene is removed from the bacteria and put into a crop like Corn or Cotton. The bacteria is not put there - and the crop doesn't produce bacteria - it produces the bacterial toxin.

35 posted on 05/25/2011 9:35:52 AM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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