Question

Write the role of genetic engineering in pollution abatement.

Answer 1

Genetic engineering can be used in pollution abatement in the following manner:

1. Generation of genetically engineered microbes that can break the toxic water pollutants.
2. Isolation of modified enzymes that can degrade detergents.
3. Identification and utilization of microbes like Psuedomonas putida that carry TOL plasmid is able to grow on a variety of alkylbenzoates and their usage in possible conditions.