Genetic modification organisms

Natural isolates usually produce commercially important products in very low concentrations and the potential productivity of the organism is controlled by the genome. In practice, the process of strain improvement involves the continual genetic modification of the culture, followed by reappraisals of its cultural requirements. Genetic modification may be achieved by ... 

However, from our point of view, the most important result of this study is to demonstrate that the yield of the reduction reaction, and the size of the colloids, is highly species-dependent. In other words, it should be possible to select the most appropriate cell for a given material and, hence, for a given application. Moreover, it also suggests that further optimization of the process may be achieved by suitable genetic modification of the living organisms. 

Bilbao, G., Contreras, J. L., Gomez-Navarro, J., Eckhoff, D. E., Mikheeva, G., Krasnykh, V., Hynes, T., Thomas, F. T., Thomas, J. M. and Curiel, D. T. (1999). Genetic modification of liver grafts with an adenoviral vector encoding the Bcl-2 gene improves organ preservation. Transplantation 67, 775-783. 

Genetic engineering The process of transferring DNA from one organism into another that results in a genetic modification the production of a transgenic organism. 

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