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Bacillus thuringiensis
[ thoo-rin-jee-en-sis ]
noun
- a bacterium used in genetically altered form in the biological control of budworms, gypsy moth larvae, Japanese beetles, and other insect pests. : B.t.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Bacillus thuringiensis1
< New Latin (1915): Thuringian bacillus; so named in reference to its discovery in larvae of Mediterranean flour moths from a mill in Thuringia
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