Bt

noun — 5 senses

Bt

noun
1

Abbreviation, Usually Abbreviation of baronet, a title used after a holder's surname.

  • Sir John Spencer-Smith, Bt
2

Agriculture, Bacteriology, Biology, Business, Lifestyle, Microbiology, Natural sciences Usually Bacillus thuringiensis, a species of bacteria used for biological control of insects.

3

Agriculture, Bacteriology, Biology, Business, Lifestyle, Microbiology, Natural sciences Abbreviation, Ellipsis, Usually Ellipsis of Bt toxin.

4

Bacteriology, Biology, Microbiology, Natural sciences Abbreviation, Initialism, Usually Initialism of botulinum toxin.

5

Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Mineralogy, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Abbreviation, Usually Abbreviation of biotite.

  • (A) Plane-polarized light and (B) back-scattered electron (BSE) images. The pseudomorph (Crd) is made up of Grt + Qtz + Ky rodlets + micas flakes (mainly biotite, Bt).2017, J. Theo Kloprogge, Robert Lavinsky, “Introduction: Geological Examples”, in Photo Atlas of Mineral Pseudomorphism, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 88:
Derived terms
Bt toxin, BT
Related terms
Bacillus, thuringiensis, botulinum, toxin
Hyponyms
Bti

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