Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Biotechnology and its Applications

Question:
cry protein is obtained from which one of the following organism ?
Options:
E. coli .
Penicillium notatum .
Streptococcus aureus .
Bacillus thuringiensis.
Correct Answer:
Bacillus thuringiensis.
Explanation:
Specific Bt toxin genes were isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis and incorporated into the several crop plants such as cotton. The toxin is coded by a gene cryIAc named cry. There are a number of them, for example, the proteins encoded by the genes cryIAc and cryIIAb control the cotton bollworms, that of cryIAb controls corn borer.