Question

The organism,which is used for gene transfer in higher organism is. (a)Agrobacterium tumefaciens (b)E.coli. (c)Acetobacter aceti. (d)Bacillus thuringiensis

Answer 1

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a) Agrobacterium tumefaciens, is used for gene transfer in higher organisms.

As a genus, Agrobacterium can transfer DNA to a large group of organisms including human cells, monocots, dicots, fungi, etc. Moreover, Agrobacterium tumefaciens has the natural genetic engineering capabilities because its transfer DNA integrates itself with the host genome as the part of the natural infection.

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