Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) yog kab mob gram-zoo. Nws yog ib haiv neeg sib txawv. Raws li qhov sib txawv ntawm nws cov flagella antigen, cov Bt cais tau muab faib ua 71 serotypes thiab 83 subspecies. Cov yam ntxwv ntawm ntau hom tuaj yeem sib txawv heev.
Bt tuaj yeem tsim tau ntau yam ntawm cov kab mob hauv nruab nrog cev lossis cov khoom siv ntxiv ntawm cov cellular, xws li cov proteins, nucleosides, amino polyols, thiab lwm yam. Bt feem ntau muaj cov tshuaj tua kab tawm tsam lepidoptera, diptera thiab coleoptera, ntxiv rau ntau tshaj 600 hom kab mob hauv arthropods, platyphyla, nematoda thiab protozoa, thiab qee hom kab mob muaj cov tshuaj tua kab tiv thaiv kab mob cancer hlwb. Nws kuj tsim cov kab mob-resistant proto-bacterial active tshuaj. Txawm li cas los xij, hauv ntau tshaj li ib nrab ntawm tag nrho Bt subspecies, tsis muaj kev ua haujlwm tau pom.
Lub neej ua tiav ntawm Bacillus thuringiensis suav nrog kev hloov pauv ntawm cov noob qoob loo thiab cov spores. Tom qab activating, germinating thiab tawm ntawm dormant spore, lub ntim ntawm lub cell nce sai heev, tsim cov vegetative hlwb, thiab ces propagating nyob rau hauv txoj kev ntawm binary division. Thaum lub cell tau faib rau lub sijhawm kawg, kev tsim cov spores pib dua sai.