WB JEE Medical WB JEE Medical Solved Paper-2011

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    Which one of the following bacterium is used for production of transgenic plants

    A)  Escherichia coli

    B)  Bacillus thuringiensis

    C)  Staphylococcus aureus

    D)  Agrobacterium tumefadens

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                    Plant cells do not have endogeneous plasmids. The plasmid vectors used for plant cell transformation are mostly based on Agroba.cteri.um tumefaciens Ti plasmid. These are plant pathogenic Gram ve soil bacteria which cause crown gall disease of dicot plants.


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