Question

Why does the Bt toxin not kill the bacterium that

produces it but kills the insect that ingests it ?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

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ʙᴛ ᴛᴏxɪɴ ᴅᴏᴇs ɴᴏᴛ ᴋɪʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴀ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ ɪs ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴀ, ɪᴛ ɪs ɪɴ ᴀɴ ɪɴᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟʟɪɴᴇ ғᴏʀᴍ. ɪᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇs ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏxɪᴄ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ ɪs ᴄᴏɴsᴜᴍᴇᴅ ʙʏ ɪɴsᴇᴄᴛs sᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ʟᴇᴘɪᴅᴏᴘᴛᴇʀᴀɴs (ᴀʀᴍʏᴡᴏʀᴍ), ᴄᴏʟᴇᴏᴘᴛᴇʀᴀɴs (ʙᴇᴇᴛʟᴇs) ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪᴘᴛᴇʀᴀɴs (ғʟɪᴇs / ᴍᴏsǫᴜɪᴛᴏᴇs) ᴅᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴀʟᴋᴀʟɪɴᴇ ᴘʜ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ɢᴜᴛ.