Why does the Bt toxin not kill the bacte...

Why does the Bt toxin not kill the bacterium that produces it but kills the insect that ingest it?

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In the bacterium Bt toxin exists as inactive protoxings, but it becomes active in the gut of insects due to alkaline pH.

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