英格汉姆声称,一种普通土壤细菌的转基因版本如果被释放到野外,可能会传播并摧毁植物。
Ingham claimed that a GM version of a common soil bacterium could spread and destroy plants if released into the wild.
他们使用的技术——将细菌细胞中的DNA取出,用酶操纵它们并使之返回到一个新的细胞——类似于用制造转基因食品的技术。
The techniques they use — removing DNA from bacterial cells, manipulating them using enzymes and returning them to a new cell — are similar to those used to create genetically modified foods.
这种杀虫剂是细菌基因植入到转基因玉米和其它谷类作物的产物,以防治欧洲玉米螟甲虫之类的昆虫。
The insecticide is the product of a bacterial gene inserted into GM maize and other cereal crops to protect them against insects such as the European corn borer beetle.
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