Many industries depend in part or entirely of bacterial action. Lots of important chemicals such as ethyl alcohol, acetic acid, butyl alcohol and acetone are produced by specific bacteria. Bacteria are also used for curing snuff, leather tanning, rubber, cotton, etc.
Bacteria have a capacity notable to degrade a variety of organic compounds as used in the treatment of wastewater, waste recycling and bioremediation. Bacteria capable of degrading hydrocarbons are often used in cleaning oil spills. For example, after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 in Alaska beaches of fertilizers used to promote the growth of these naturally occurring bacteria. These efforts were effective on beaches where the oil layer was not too thick. Bacteria are also used for the bioremediation of industrial toxic wastes. In the chemical industry, bacteria are used in the synthesis enantiomerically pure chemicals for pharmaceutical or agrochemical.
Bacteria can also be used for biological pest control to replace pesticides. This commonly involves the species Bacillus thuringiensis, a soil bacterium Gram-positive. Subspecies of this bacterium are used as insecticides for lepidopteran specific. Due to their specificity, these pesticides are considered environmentally friendly, with little or no effect on humans, animals and most beneficial insects such as pollinators.
Bacteria are essential tools in the fields of biology, molecular genetics and biochemistry because of its ability to grow rapidly and the relative ease with which they can be manipulated. Making changes in bacterial DNA and examining the resulting phenotypes, scientists can determine the function of genes, enzymes and metabolic pathways, and can then transfer this knowledge to more complex organisms. Understanding the cellular biochemistry that requires huge amounts of data related to enzyme kinetics and the expression of genes, will generate mathematical models of entire organisms. This is achievable in some well-studied bacteria. For example, currently being developed and probado el modelo del metabolismo de Escherichia coli. Esta comprensión del metabolismo y la genética bacteriana permite a la biotecnología la modificación de las bacterias para que produzcan diversas proteínas terapéuticas, tales como insulina, factores de crecimiento y anticuerpos.
Bacteria have a capacity notable to degrade a variety of organic compounds as used in the treatment of wastewater, waste recycling and bioremediation. Bacteria capable of degrading hydrocarbons are often used in cleaning oil spills. For example, after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 in Alaska beaches of fertilizers used to promote the growth of these naturally occurring bacteria. These efforts were effective on beaches where the oil layer was not too thick. Bacteria are also used for the bioremediation of industrial toxic wastes. In the chemical industry, bacteria are used in the synthesis enantiomerically pure chemicals for pharmaceutical or agrochemical.
Bacteria can also be used for biological pest control to replace pesticides. This commonly involves the species Bacillus thuringiensis, a soil bacterium Gram-positive. Subspecies of this bacterium are used as insecticides for lepidopteran specific. Due to their specificity, these pesticides are considered environmentally friendly, with little or no effect on humans, animals and most beneficial insects such as pollinators.
Bacteria are essential tools in the fields of biology, molecular genetics and biochemistry because of its ability to grow rapidly and the relative ease with which they can be manipulated. Making changes in bacterial DNA and examining the resulting phenotypes, scientists can determine the function of genes, enzymes and metabolic pathways, and can then transfer this knowledge to more complex organisms. Understanding the cellular biochemistry that requires huge amounts of data related to enzyme kinetics and the expression of genes, will generate mathematical models of entire organisms. This is achievable in some well-studied bacteria. For example, currently being developed and probado el modelo del metabolismo de Escherichia coli. Esta comprensión del metabolismo y la genética bacteriana permite a la biotecnología la modificación de las bacterias para que produzcan diversas proteínas terapéuticas, tales como insulina, factores de crecimiento y anticuerpos.
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