12th Class Biology Microbes in Human Welfare

  • question_answer 43)
      Give any two microbes that are useful in biotechnology.

    Answer:

                      Two microbes that are useful in biotechnology are (i) Bacillus thuringiensis a gene isolated from this bacterium is introduced in cotton plants to make them able to kill butterfly caterpillars.                                           (ii) Escherichia coli is a bacterium that is used in many biotechnology procedures. Their plasmid is used as vector to introduce foreign DNA segment in desired organisms.


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