Multiple choice

Which bacterium is mostly used in r-DNA technology?

  1. E.coli

  2. Agrobacterium tumefaciens

  3. Mycobacterium leprae

  4. Green sulphur bacteria
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Plant transformation mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a soil plant pathogenic bacterium, has become the most used method for the introduction of foreign genes into plant cells and the subsequent regeneration of transgenic plants.

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