Using these small organisms provides significant advantages in genetic tractability, manipulation, lifespan and cost.
However, because of their poor genetic tractability, including transformation, truffles have so far eluded in-depth functional genomic investigations.
Research in neuroscience increasingly relies on the mouse, a mammalian species that affords unparalleled genetic tractability and brain atlases.
In addition to butanol tolerance, genetic tractability of the selected bacterium is an essential trait for the development of an alternative host for butanol production.
The genetic tractability was increased via the transfer of popular manipulation and assembly techniques, as well as the creation of new ones.
Of several organisms, cyanobacteria are attractive source of biofuels because of their genetic tractability, photosynthetic capability and lack of dependency on fertile land.
Combined with their genetic tractability and vertebrate CNS architecture, this ability makes zebrafish an attractive model to gain requisite knowledge for clinical CNS regeneration.
We selected A. thaliana as our test species due to the many benefits associated with the use of a well recognized model system including but not limited to: small size, short life cycle, genetic tractability, and comprehensively researched background.
Due to its genetic tractability, ease of propagation, and small genome, the microvirus øX174 has been the focus of extensive research, being used to elucidate the mechanism of DNA replication and the first organism completely sequenced.
Metabolic versatility and genetic tractability combined with its ability to convert a variety of carbon sources into storage molecules make R. eutropha an excellent platform organism for the production of value-added compounds.
An aerobic methanotrophic bacterium, Methylomicrobium buryatense capable of using CH4 as the sole carbon source was selected on the basis of genetic tractability, cultivation robustness, and ability to accumulate phospholipids in membranes.
