Which of the following is not used as bioweapon _______________.
A
Bacillus thuringiensis toxin
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B
Smallpox
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C
Botulinum toxin
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D
Bacillus anthracis
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Solution
The correct option is ABacillus thuringiensis toxin To be a Bioweapon, the organism should have to carry the following characteristics:
# Organism should have high infectivity, toxicity, and pathogenicity.
# Low incubation period and fast population growth.
# Huge death-causing ability (lethal).
# Smallpox, Botulinum toxin, and Bacillus anthracis are more capable to be bioweapons because they have high pathogenicity and all the above characters.
# Bacillus thuringiensis is a species of bacteria which is used as a pesticide, these bacteria kill to larvae of certain species of moth and mosquitoes.
# Bacillus thuingiensis doesn't have any bad impact on human health so, it couldn't be a bioweapon.