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How has the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis helped us in controlling caterpillars of insect pests?

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Bacillus thuringiensis produces an endotoxin which when ingested and released in the gut of the larvae of insect pests disrupts its gut lining, and thus caterpillars are killed. By killing the caterpillars, it helps in pest control.

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