PATHOLOGY MCQ
GENETICS AND DISEASE
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Question
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Scientists have genetically-engineered some strains of bacteria to consume toxins, such as oil, and to excrete the toxins as harmless substances.How might these bacteria most likely impact society?
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They will cause people to become more careless about polluting the environment.
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They will cause more bacterial infections in people.
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They will enable people to easily clean up spilled pollutants in the environment.
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They will grow out of control and consume the world’s oil supply.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Pseudomonas putida is a bacterium that is used for scavenging of oil spills by digesting hydrocarbons of crude oil. Pseudomonas is a gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria.
Detailed explanation-2: -Other factors that affect how quickly bacteria degrade oil include the amount of oxygen and nutrients in the water, the temperature of the water, the surface area of the oil, and the kind of oil that they are eating [4][5][6].
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