Bacillus thuringiensis

This bacteria is generally found in soil and effects insects such as: moths, mosquitoes, blackfiles, aphids, and wasps. The bacteria generally does not effect humans and has been used as a replacement for spray pesticides which contain poisonous chemicals, that damage plant, insect and human alike.

This species has also been used in genetically engineered plants. The bacteria are genetically spliced into the cells of the plant to be modified, the resulting plant actually produces the B. thuringiensis bacteria on a cellular level and is itself categorized as a pesticide. This practice is highly controversial and studies continue today on the dangers posed by the addition of the bacteria to hundreds of plant species consumed by humans for food and used as animal feed.

Full: Bacillus thuringiensis
Japanese: B. チューリンゲンシス, B. churingenshisu
Type: Bacteria

Story Details:
This microbe is first seen around the kiviak when Hasegawa Haruka repremands Itsuki Keizou Sensei for digging up her experiment without her permission.