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please help and dont just look over it cause it looks long, it is my final question, WILL RATE HIGH IF CORRECT DONT GUESS THANK U !!!!!

Imagine you have two closely related species of bacteria; one that thrives in fresh-water environments and consumes hydrocarbons (such as oil) as a food source, and another that thrives in marine environments and uses small organic molecules such as simple sugars as food. You are seeking a better way to clean up oil spills in marine environments. How might you use your knowledge of these two species of bacteria and biotechnology to help clean oil in marine environments?

I would attempt to create a transgenic species in which the genes for oil consumption were introduced into the marine species.

I would introduce the fresh water, oil eating bacteria into the marine environment in hopes that it would adapt to the marine environment.

I would mix the bacteria together in a container in hopes that they would breed and produce a hybrid species capable of degrading oil in marine environments.

I would place the fresh water species in a container with oil in hopes that it would start to consume the oil.

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The correct answer would be: I would attempt to create a transgenic species in which the genes for the oil consumption were introduced into the marine species.

Introducing the fresh water, oil eating bacteria into the marine environment wouldn't work since the bacteria was never meant to be in that enviroment. Same goes for placin the fresh water species into an oil container since those bacteria were never meant to eat the oil.

Attempting to cross breed the species without genetic manipulation would not work, since species never interbreed with each other in the wild. If they do interbreed in a controlled environment, the resulting bacteria may not have the needed genes, and would likely not survive in the wild.

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