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Bacillus thuringiensis

Deutsch: Bacillus thuringiensis / Español: Bacillus thuringiensis / Português: Bacillus thuringiensis / Français: Bacillus thuringiensis / Italiano: Bacillus thuringiensis

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) in the environmental context refers to a naturally occurring soil bacterium that is widely used as a biopesticide due to its insecticidal properties. This bacterium produces proteins that are toxic to many species of insects when ingested, making it a valuable tool for managing pests in agriculture, forestry, and in controlling mosquito populations to prevent disease transmission.

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Back Pressure

A Back Pressure is a pressure that can cause water to Backflow into the water supply when a user's waste water system is at a higher pressure than the public system.

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Back Siphonage

A Backflow /Back Siphonage is a reverse flow condition created by a difference in water pressures that causes water to flow back into the distribution pipes of a drinking water supply

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Backflow

Backflow is a reverse flow in water pipes.

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Background (radiation)

- Background: A background (radiation) is Natural radiation caused by sun exposure, cosmic rays from space, and radioactive elements found in the earth's crust.

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Background concentrations:

A Background concentrations: is In this context, EPA uses background concentrations to mean the contributions to outdoor Air Toxics concentrations resulting from natural sources, persistence in the environment of past years' emissions and long-range transport from distant sources.

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Background count rate

A Background count rate is the counting rate obtained on a given instrument with a background counting sample. Typical reference background counting samples are:

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Background extinction

Deutsch: Hintergrundaussterben / Español: Extinción de fondo / Português: Extinção de fundo / Français: Extinction de fond / Italiano: Estinzione di sfondo /

Background extinction is the normal extinction of various species as a result of changes in local Environmental conditions. Compare mass depletion, mass extinction.

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Background Level

A Background Level is
1. The Concentration of a substance in an Environmental media (air, water, or soil) that occurs naturally or is not the result of human activities.
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Background radiation

The Background radiation is the radiation arising from radioactive material other than that under consideration.

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