5. Genetics of Bacteria and Viruses
Bacterial Conjugation
5. Genetics of Bacteria and Viruses
Bacterial Conjugation
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Practice this topic
- Multiple Choice
True or False:For conjugation to occur, bacterial cells must physically contact each other.
- Multiple Choice
What is the name of the structure through which DNA is transferred?
- Multiple Choice
What property does the F factor give bacteria?
- Multiple Choice
A F+ bacterial cell can donate DNA to which type of bacterium?
- Open QuestionFor bacteria that are F⁺, Hfr, F', and F⁻ perform or answer the following.Describe a 'partial diploid' and how it originates.
- Open QuestionFor bacteria that are F⁺, Hfr, F', and F⁻ perform or answer the following.Describe the results of conjugation (i.e., changes in the recipient and the exconjugant) that allow detection of the state of the F factor in a donor strain.
- Open QuestionFor bacteria that are F⁺, Hfr, F', and F⁻ perform or answer the following.Which of these donors can transfer a donor gene to exconjugants?
- Open QuestionFor bacteria that are F⁺, Hfr, F', and F⁻ perform or answer the following.Which of these donors can convert exconjugants to a donor state?