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Biotechnology: Principles and Processes — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYBiotechnology: Principles and Processes3 Marks
Question
Give an example of micro organisms that have transforming ability.
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Answer

A bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens has T-DNA in its Ti-plasmid which is able to transform normal plant cells to tumour cell and cause crown gall tumours in plants.
In animals retroviruses have this ability.

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