Transgenic bacteria

Transgenic bacteria refers to bacteria which have been genetically engineered. The first example of this occurred in 1978 when Herbert Boyer working at a University of California laboratory took a synthetic version of the human insulin gene and inserted into the bacterium Escherichia coli to produce synthesized insulin.

Bacteria-synthesized transgenic products

 * Insulin
 * Hepatitis B Vaccine
 * Tissue plasminogen activator
 * Human growth hormone
 * Ice-minus bacteria