Humans
need bacterial genes to aid in basic processes such as digestion.»
Not exact matches
The 4,000 missing
gene products
needed for
bacterial growth can be supplied by wet, warm human tissue.
Plasmids are rings of bare DNA containing a handful of
genes that are essentially freeloaders, borrowing most of what they
need to live from their
bacterial host.
Consequently, its genome is expected to be a close approximation to the minimal set of
genes needed to sustain
bacterial life.