Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2005

  • question_answer
    Common bacteria used in genetic engineering is:

    A)  E. coli          

    B)  Diplococcus

    C)  Rhizobium      

    D)  Spirillum

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     Artificial gene manipulation is known as genetic engineering. The bacterium Escherichia coli is widely used in genetic engineering experiments as: (i) Human insulin chains (\[\alpha \]and\[\beta \]chains) are synthesized within the E. coli. (ii) Hormone   somatostatin   is   also produced within the bacterium E. coli.


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