Which of the following is not used as bioweapon _______________.

Bacillus thuringiensis toxin

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Smallpox

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Botulinum toxin

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Bacillus anthracis

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Solution

The correct option is A Bacillus 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.

# Answer is Option A.

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