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Bacillus sphaericus

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Bacillus sphaericus [bə‚sil·əs ′sfī·ri·kəs]
(microbiology)
An aerobic, spore-producing bacterium that forms a protein complex during sporulation that is toxic to the larvae of certain mosquitoes but is apparently harmless to all other forms of life.
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