Module AP2: Agriculture and Food

Module AP2.4: Biotechnology and food

The food industry uses products from genetically modified organisms. GM microorganisms can produce both food ingredients and enzymes used in food processing.

13. recall an example of the use of genetic modification of a microorganism to produce a useful product;
14. recall that DNA is the genetic material of all organisms;
15. recall that each gene codes for a particular protein;
16. understand that genes can be cut out of the DNA of one organism and inserted into the DNA of another organism;
17. understand that the genetically modified (GM) organism produces the protein of the introduced gene.