Genetically Engineered <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i> Cells (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

Genetically Engineered <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i> Cells

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Photo shows genetically engineered Bacillus thuringiensis cells constructed in the laboratory to combine mosquito-killing proteins from different bacterial species. These new recombinant strains are much more potent than natural bacteria that are capable of killing the mosquitoes that transmit malaria, filariasis, and many viral diseases to humans. The bright oval structures are spores, and the angular gray structures to the left of the spores in each cell are crystals of the mosquito-killing proteins.

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Federici lab, UC Riverside.

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