For years scientists have dreamed of cleaning up the environment and eliminating pollution by genetic engineering of microorganisms. They have made some progress, but serious technical and regulatory obstacles stand in their way. Because the outlook for profits is not encouraging, industry is showing little enthusiasm for substantial development of microbial pollution control.
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Powledge, T. Prospects for Pollution Control with Microbes. Nat Biotechnol 1, 743–755 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1183-743
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