The spore-forming bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) of B. cereus group uses toxin-opened breaches at the insect midgut epithelium to infest the haemolymph where it rapidly propagates despite antimicrobial host defences to induce eventually host death by acute septicaemia. The response of Bt to h...
ORGANISM(S): Bacillus thuringiensis serovar kurstaki str. HD73 Bacteria