Q. Which one of the following bacterium is used for production of transgenic plants?

A) Escherichia coli
B) Bacillus thuringiensis
C) Staphylococcus aureus
D) Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Explanation

Plant cells do not have endogeneous plasmids. The plasmid vectors used for plant cell transformation are mostly based on Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Ti plasmid. These are plant pathogenic Gram–ve soil bacteria which cause crown gall disease of dicot plants.

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