Bacterial Sex and Genetic Variation

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Which of the following is NOT a mechanism of genetic variation in bacterial populations?

  • Transduction
  • Replication (correct)
  • Conjugation
  • Transformation

What is the term used to describe the transfer of genetic material between bacterial cells through direct cell-to-cell contact?

  • Transformation
  • Conjugation (correct)
  • Transduction
  • Replication

Which of the following is a type of extrachromosomal DNA molecule that can replicate autonomously in bacterial cells?

  • Capsule
  • Replicon
  • Plasmid (correct)
  • Bacteriophage

What is the term used to describe the transfer of genetic material between bacterial cells through the uptake of free DNA from the environment?

<p>Transformation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a type of genetic transfer in bacteria that involves the transfer of DNA by a bacteriophage?

<p>Transduction (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the ability of a bacterial cell to take up and incorporate exogenous DNA?

<p>Competence (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a small, circular DNA molecule that can replicate independently of the bacterial chromosome?

<p>Plasmid (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the transfer of genetic material between bacterial cells through the exchange of plasmids?

<p>Conjugation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a type of genetic transfer in bacteria that involves the transfer of a sex pilus?

<p>Conjugation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the transfer of genetic material between bacterial cells through the replication of the bacterial chromosome?

<p>Replication (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the capsule in Streptococcus pneumoniae?

<p>To help resist phagocytosis (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In genetic transfer through conjugation, the DNA moves unidirectionally from the __________ to the __________.

<p>Donor, recipient (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a state in which genes involved in genetic transfer exist in the donor bacterium?

<p>On a bacterial chromosome (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of the pilus in bacterial conjugation?

<p>To transfer DNA on the F factor (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of F plasmids in bacteria?

<p>They are responsible for antibiotic resistance (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of bacteriophages in transduction?

<p>To inject DNA into bacterial cells (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the transfer of genes between bacteria and archaea?

<p>Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe bacteria resistant to several antibiotics?

<p>MDRs or multidrug-resistant bacteria (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Mystery Microbe # 3 is responsible for Japanense individual ability to break down nori. What is the bacteria responsible and how did this bacterium obtain this ability?

<p>Baceteroides plebius, transformation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The bacertia Borelia burgdorferi is responsable for tick born disease. What is not correct about this bacterium?

<p>The bacteria is a recent finding that mutated to be infectious by conjugation from capsuled bacterium of same species. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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