Crystals of Bt toxin produced by some ba | Class 12 Biology Chapter Biotechnology and its Application, Biotechnology and its Application NCERT Solutions

Question: Crystals of Bt toxin produced by some bacteria do not kill the bacteria themselves because −
(a) bacteria are resistant to the toxin
(b) toxin is immature:
(c) toxin is inactive:
(d) bacteria encloses toxin in a special sac.
Answer:

toxin is inactive:

In bacteria, the toxin is present in an inactive form, called prototoxin, which gets converted into active form when it enters the body of an insect.


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  • 2017-05-19 00:14:19

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  • 2017-03-10 08:01:11

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