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Bacillus thuringiensis

CAS 68038-71-1

Also registered as 3 other CAS numbers

12673-85-7 · 62628-54-0 · 67383-05-5

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Bacillus thuringiensis in plain language

What it is

Also known as B. thuringiensis whole · Bacillus cereus var. thuringiensis whole · Bacillus thuringiensis berliner, 1915 · Bacillus thuringiensis whole · Bacilex · Bactospein

Show all 15 names

Bactucide · Biotrol · Bitoksybacillin · Bitoxibacillin · Bitoxybacillin · DiTerra · bacillus thuringensis · bacillus thuringiensis berliner · bacillus thuringiensis strain mppl 002

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Bacillus thuringiensis yet.

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Bacillus thuringiensis appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 12 composition records across product categories including Medical/dental, Personal care, Construction and building materials.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 12 composition records across product categories including Medical/dental, Personal care, Construction and building materials.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Bacillus thuringiensis. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Bacillus thuringiensis yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

4 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated May 2014

    Open →
  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

    Open →
  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

    Open →
  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

    Open →
Reference links (1)
Openfda substance

en.wikipedia.org

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Bacillus thuringiensis in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

12

Named organisations

6

Medical/dentalPersonal careConstruction and building materials
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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Bacillus thuringiensis; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.