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What do we call bacteria (or other types of organisms) engineered through introduction of novel genes to do things like cleaning up spills?

Heterozygous organisms
Hybrid organisms
Mixed organisms
Transgenic organisms

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The answer is Hybrid organisms
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Answer: Transgenic organism

Step-by-step explanation:

The organism whose genome has been manipulated in such a way that it perform the desired function is known as transgenic organism.

A simple bacterial cell is integrated with a gene which will help in cleaning the oil spills is an example of transgenic organism.

These organisms are also known as genetically engineered organisms.

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