Which bacterium is used in the production of insulin by genetic engineering?
Correct answer: C. Escherichia
- A. saccharomyces
- B. Rhizobium
- C. Escherichia
- D. Mycobacterium
Explanation
Escherichia coli is commonly engineered to contain the human insulin gene and then used to produce recombinant insulin in bacterial cultures. Saccharomyces is a yeast rather than the bacterium traditionally associated with this production method.
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