title: Gentic engineering for practical application.
abstract: Genetic engineering has ushered in a new era in biology. Although many problems are still to be solved, there are examples that point to a possible later application for the benefit of mankind: Bacteria can be manipulated to degrade crude-oil spillages, to produce human insulin and to bind nitrogen from the air. If all the bacteria that are indigenous to agricultural soils could be made to bind nitrogen, an increase in soil fertility might well result.
mesh_terms: D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000235:genetics; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D007328:Insulin / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009586:Nitrogen Fixation; D010578:Petroleum; D010957:Plasmids; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D007328:Insulin; D010578:Petroleum