Re: Gene transfer, reply to archive 1603

[wytze <geno@zap.a2000.nl>]

 Do not tell me you do not know the research of Schulz and the study of
Hoffman?
Do we eat the leaves and graindust?
wytze
Rick Roush wrote:

> >wytze wrote:
> >It is not specifically the Bt toxin gene I am worried about. It is the
> >inserted
> >genes in general;  fungal, viral, bacterial etc. that do not  belong to
> >the plant
> >in which they are inserted and which may transfer. That this can happen
> >has been demonstrated already.
>
> Wytze:
>
> Excuse me?  Demonstrated where?   I have to agree with Austin Tanney.
> Bacillus thuringiensis is a common soil microbe, and is also commonly found
> on leaf surfaces and grain dust. It is already far more readily accessible
> than in the plants.
>
> Rick
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