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Select the incorrect statement.
BiologyBiotechnology and Its ApplicationsNEET
Options:
  • A B. thuringiensis forms protein crystals that contain insecticidal proteins during a particular phase of their growth.
  • B The proteins encoded by the genes cryIAc and cryIIAb control the cotton bollworms, that of cryIAb controls corn borer.
  • C Bacillus thuringiensis produce proteins that kill certain insects such as lepidopterans (flies, mosquitoes), coleopterans (beetles) and dipterans (tobacco budworm, armyworm).
  • D The activated toxin binds to the surface of midgut epithelial cells and creates pores.
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Bacillus thuringiensis produce proteins that kill certain insects such as lepidopterans (flies, mosquitoes), coleopterans (beetles) and dipterans (tobacco budworm, armyworm).
Some strains of Bacillus thuringiensis produce proteins that kill certain insects such as lepidopterans (tobacco budworm, armyworm), coleopterans (beetles) and dipterans (flies, mosquitoes).

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