NEET Biology question

Petroleum-lysing bacteria are being engineered for the removal of oil spills. What is the most realistic danger of these bacteria to the environment?

(A)Mutations leading to the production of a strain pathogenic to humans
(B)Extinction of natural microbes due to the competitive advantage of the "petro-bacterium"Correct
(C)Destruction of natural oil deposits
(D)Poisoning of the food chain

Answer: (B)

Solution

There is no established risk of these engineered microbes causing new human disease, destroying underground oil deposits, or poisoning food chains, whereas a genuine

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