Scientists in Asia and Africa are racing to discover hardier crop varieties using gene editing tools. But patent restrictions ...

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Dec. 4, 2024 — An experimental bacteria-derived biopesticide is highly effective in killing malaria-carrying mosquitoes, including those that have developed resistance to chemical pesticides ...

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Bt eggplant, on the other hand, contains natural protein from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, making it resistant to eggplant fruit-and-shoot borer. The report also highlighted other ...

Mosquito Bits contains a strain of the beneficial bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis and is related to the organic product used to control cabbage worms and other larvae in the vegetable garden.

The species of bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis produces proteins that some caterpillars find toxic. Insert the underlying genes into a maize plant, and creepy-crawlies will be poisoned by their lunch.

In the Bt cotton grown in India and Bt brinjal in Bangladesh, scientists added a gene from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis to the plants’ genomes, making them produce a toxin that kills ...

Since its founding in 1950, the Collier Mosquito Control District (CMCD) has stayed at the forefront of mosquito control to ...

A study led by researchers at the University of California San Diego has discovered a vulnerability within strains of bacteria that are antibiotic resistant. Working with labs at Arizona State ...

Bacteria are organisms that consist of a single cell without a nucleus and with distinct structural, physiological and evolutionary characteristics. Bacteria form one of the three domains of life ...