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Which of the following is required for conjugation to occur in bacteria?
Which of the following is required for conjugation to occur in bacteria?
- Transfer of DNA
- Presence of a fertility factor on a plasmid
- Production of a sex or conjugation pilus
- Close contact between two cells (correct)
What is the role of the fertility factor (F factor) in conjugation?
What is the role of the fertility factor (F factor) in conjugation?
- It carries the genes for conjugative transfer (correct)
- It facilitates the transfer of DNA
- It binds to the recipient F− cell
- It produces a sex or conjugation pilus
What happens when the F factor is integrated into the bacterial chromosome instead of a plasmid?
What happens when the F factor is integrated into the bacterial chromosome instead of a plasmid?
- The fertility factor is lost
- The conjugation pilus is not produced
- There is a higher frequency of transfer of adjacent bacterial chromosomal genes (correct)
- The bacteria become high-frequency recombination strains
What is the function of restriction enzymes in bacteria?
What is the function of restriction enzymes in bacteria?
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What can be transferred by conjugation in bacteria?
What can be transferred by conjugation in bacteria?
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