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Human insulin is being commercially produced from a transgenic species of:

  1. A
    Saccharomyces
  2. B
    Escherichia
  3. C
    Mycobacterium
  4. D
    Rhizobium

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Humulin (genetically engineered human insulin) is produced using Escherichia coli () as the host organism.

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Human insulin is being commercially produced from a transgenic species of:
A
Saccharomyces
B
Escherichia
C
Mycobacterium
D
Rhizobium

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