Q. Which of the following bio-engineered bacteria is utilized for cleaning of marine oil slicks?

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Solution:

Pseudomonas putida is a genetically engineered bacterium with many different plasmids to degrade the pollutants. It is developed by Dr. Anand Mohan Chakrabarty and is known as superbug or oil eating bug or Chakrabortys superbug. Now a days, this genetically engineered bacterium is utilized for cleaning of marine oil slicks.