Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis Highest Quality 4000 IU/mg 8000IU/mg 16000 IU/mg

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Bacillus thuringensis (Bt) is a facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive bacterium that forms characteristic protein inclusions adjacent to the endospore. Bt is genetically indistinguishable from Bacillus cereus (Bc). However, Bt has the ability to produce parasporal crystalline inclusions, which are toxic for certain invertebrates, especially species of insect larvae belonging to the insect orders Coleoptera, Diptera and Lepidoptera. The parasporal inclusions are formed by different insecticidal crystal proteins (ICP). The crystals have various shapes (bipyramidal, cuboidal, flat rhomboid, spherical or composite with two crystal types), depending on their ICP composition.

Bacillus thuringiensis serotype israelensis (Bti) is a group of bacteria used as biological control agents for larvae stages of certain dipterans. Bti produces toxins which are effective in killing various species of mosquitoes, fungus gnats, and blackflies, while having almost no effect on other organisms. Indeed, this is one of the major advantages of B. thuringiensis products in general is that they are thought to affect few nontarget species.