Two bacteria found to be very useful in genetic engineering are ______________

Nitrosomonas & Klebsiella

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Nitrobacter & Azotobacter

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Rhizobium & Diplococcus

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Escherichia & Agrobacterium

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Solution

The correct option is D Escherichia & Agrobacterium
E. coli is one of the most widely used model organism in molecular biology research. It is also used in production of human protein like insulin by R-DNA technology. Agrobacterium on the other hand is used for creating transgenic plants. The bacteria has the Ti plasmid that works as a vector in plant system.

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