Microbial Recombination and Gene Transfer
In lysogeny,

DNA-degrading enzymes in the extracellular medium would stop the process
a bacteriophage transfers bacterial DNA
bacteria take up double stranded DNA from the environment
a bacteriophage genome is integrated into the bacterial genome

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Microbial Recombination and Gene Transfer
Which of the following statement can describe horizontal transfer?

The transmission of genetic information from one independent, mature organism to another
The synthesis of protein in RNA
The transmission of genetic information from parent to offspring
The synthesis of RNA from a DNA template

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Microbial Recombination and Gene Transfer
The main difference between a self-transmissible and a mobilizable plasmid is that the self-transmissible plasmid

transfers antibiotic resistance genes
carries genes encoding the mating apparatus
usually has a transposon inserted into it
transfers both strands of the plasmid DNA

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Microbial Recombination and Gene Transfer
Which of the following statement describes plasmids?

None of these
Another name for a protoplast
Small, circular DNA molecules that can exist independently of chromosomes commonly found in bacteria
A complex membrane structure that covers the chromosome of bacteria

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