Question

Describe the application of CRISPR technology in dairy food production. In other words, how to solve phage problems using CRIPSR-based immunity?

Answer 1

CRISPR :-
- Full form- Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats.
-It is a bacterial defense system that forms the basis for CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology.
-it is a collection of prokaryotic DNA sequences that serve as a cellular defence system used by bacteria to sense and eliminate irregularities in DNA base pairs to protect DNA from bacteriophages.

Uses in dairy food production:-
-Cas enzymes are under studies. First Cas9 and then cas 13.
- Cas enzymes in bacteria are being used to enhance the protein content, shelf life and flavours of cheese and creamy yoghurts.
- act as preservation of active bacterial cultures used in the manufacture of dairy products.
- CRISPER tools are faster and cheaper has got various food and dairy companies interested in implementing them.