Question

THE ISOLATION OF GENETIC METERIAL FROM THE BACTERIAL CELL CAN BE ACHIEVED BY USING AN ENZYME .NAME THIS ENZYME?

Answer 1

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The enzyme used for the isolation of bacterial DNA is lysozyme. Lysozyme is a small enzyme that attacks the protective cell walls of bacteria.

The cell wall of Bacteria is build of carbohydrate chains, interlocked by short peptide strands, that braces their delicate membrane against the cell's high osmotic pressure.

Lysozyme breaks these carbohydrate chains, destroying the structural integrity of the cell wall. The bacteria burst under their own internal pressure releasing their DNA.