Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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The following:
1. The evolution experiment in the laboratory to evolve a bacterium that can degrade dioxin.
2. The selection of the starting organism and the experimental steps to be performed.
Introduction:
Dioxins are regarded as environmental pollutants. They belong to a group of dangerous chemicals known as persistent organic pollutants (POPs). They are of major concern because of their highly toxic potential. Experimental evolution of bacterium can be performed for the degradation of dioxin that can help in the prediction of test on the appearance of new traits.
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