The organism which is used for gene transfer in higher organism is ___________.

Agrobacterium tumefaciens

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E. coli

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Acetobacter

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Bacillus thuringiensis

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Solution

The correct option is A Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Agrobacterium tumifaciens, a pathogen of several dicot plants is able to deliver a piece of DNA known as ‘T-DNA’ to transform normal plant cells into a tumor and direct these tumor cells to produce the chemicals required by the pathogen. It is used to transfer genes in higher organisms as well.

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