Question

Place the item into the correct sentence about the industrial applications of bacteria. vinegar Milk producers use bacteria to produce for curdling milk. bt toxin Bacteria are used by the pharmaceutical industries to produce antibiotics. АТР peptidoglycan In agriculture, from bacteria is used to control plant pests. acetate DNA amplification in the laboratory is facilitated by the bacterial production of DNA polymerase lactic acid antibiotics

Answer 1

1. Lactic acid. When Lactococcus lactis is added to milk, the bacterium uses enzymes to produce energy (ATP) from lactose. The byproduct of ATP production is lactic acid. The lactic acid curdles the milk.

2. Bacteria are used to produce antibiotics by pharma industries.

3. Bt toxin. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), naturally produces a toxin that is fatal to certain herbivorous insects. The toxin produced by Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has been used as an insecticide in organic farming.

4. DNA amplification is done by use of enzyme DNA polymerase.