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Crystals of Bt toxin produced by some bacteria do not kill the bacteria themselves because
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In Bacillus thuringiensis, Bt toxin is produced as an inactive protoxin, so it does not harm the bacteria itself. It becomes active only in the alkaline gut of insects.
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