Lecture 15: Biotechnology and Bioremediation

Question 1

what are 2 agricultural uses of biotechnology?

Answer 1

biocontrol of cotton moth and silage inoculants and probiotics

Question 2

how are cotton moth pests controlled using biotechnology?

Answer 2

nuclear polyherosis virus targets larvae

Question 3

what is used to produce silage?

Answer 3

lactic acid bacteria

Question 4

what 3 things are bioremediated environmentally?

Answer 4

oil waste, herbicides and explosives

Question 5

what type of organism removes oil waste?

Answer 5

halophiles and halobacteria

Question 6

what is used to bioremediate pesticides?

Answer 6

2,4-D degradation

Question 7

what can partially degrade TNT?

Answer 7

Pseudomonas strains of bacteria that use it as a nitrogen source

Question 8

what are the negatives of use bacteria to degrade TNT?

Answer 8

produces even more toxic intermediates

Question 9

what is bacterial chassis?

Answer 9

the designing of microbes to produce or degrade complex organic compounds