*What to submit for this activity*
*Please submit your answers to the following prompts for this week’s Canvas assignment as part 1 of your lab work.
1) From your exploration of the CDC website above, https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/diseases/index.html list your example of a food-borne illness caused by a bacterium and name the bacterium that causes it. Then, list how this bacterium might infect a person. (2 Points)
2) Considering the simulation of antibiotic resistance: briefly explain what happens to a diverse population of bacteria if they are treated repeatedly with the same antibiotic and not all of them die. What was the population’s antibiotic resistance level before being exposed to the antibiotic (1 sentence)? What happened to the good and antibiotic-resistant bacteria when they were exposed to the antibiotic (1-3 sentences)? What was the population’s antibiotic resistance level like after antibiotic treatment (1 sentence)? (3 Points)
Part 2: Genetic Engineering of bacteria
*What to submit for this activity*
*To begin, choose one of the following areas where genetic engineering has played a role:
1) Medicine (such as producing insulin or making vaccines)
2) Production of industrial materials or fuels (such as producing biofuels)
3) Ecology and bioremediation (such as cleaning up oil spills or toxic metals)
Use the internet and/or library resources to search for examples of genetically modified bacteria that people use within the general area that you chose. You may find references to genetically modified animals or plants, but for the purposes of this assignment, please focus on finding an example in which a bacterium has been genetically modified. When you find an example that you think is interesting, please read up on it and answer the following questions. It may help to dig into research articles describing the example, which you can search for using Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com).1) What is the species that was modified, and how was it modified? (1 to 2 sentences)
2) What is the purpose of the genetic engineering? What were people hoping to accomplish? (3 to 5 sentences or more)3) What are one or more benefits (or potential benefits) of the engineered bacterium? (1 or more sentences)
4) What are one or more risks (or potential risks) of the engineered bacterium? (1 or more sentences)
5) Provide reference(s) in APA or MLA format to properly give credit to the resource(s) used to write your answers. (1 or more references)
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