Figure 11.13 Bacteria Eukaryote- Escherichia coli Bacillus subtilis Saccharomyces cerevisiae Well-developed Easily transformed Well-developed genetics Nonpathogenic genetics Many strains Naturally secretes Nonpathogenic available proteins Can process mRNA Best known Endospore formation and proteins bacterium simplifies culture Easy to grow Potentially Genetically unstable Plasmids unstable pathogenic Genetics less Will not replicate Periplasm traps developed than most bacterial proteins in E.coli plasmids Advantages Disadvantages 2012 Pearson Education,Inc.Figure 11.13 Well-developed genetics Many strains available Best known bacterium Easily transformed Nonpathogenic Naturally secretes proteins Endospore formation simplifies culture Well-developed genetics Nonpathogenic Can process mRNA and proteins Easy to grow Potentially pathogenic Periplasm traps proteins Genetically unstable Genetics less developed than in E. coli Plasmids unstable Will not replicate most bacterial plasmids Advantages Disadvantages Escherichia coli Bacillus subtilis Saccharomyces cerevisiae Bacteria Eukaryote © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc