Bacillus thuringiensis

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Proper noun

Bacillus thuringiensis m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Bacillaceae – a gram-positive bacterium, especially known to be used to kill the caterpillars of the invasive box tree moth.

Hypernyms

• (species): Bacillales - order; Bacillaceae - family; Bacillus - genus

References

• Bacillus thuringiensis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bacillus thuringiensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bacillus thuringiensis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• List of sequenced bacterial genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia