MICROBIAL RECOMBINATION AND GENE TRANSFER QUIZ

Transposon

None of these

Insertion sequence

Plasmid

Levels of DNA homology

DNA nucleotide sequences

Proteomics of the bacteria

Bacterial genome maps

transduction

conjugation

transformation

mutation

Mutation

Conjugation

Transduction

Transformation

carries DNA segments from many different genes

All of these

is not constructed by cloning

gives direct measurement of mRNA level

Cryptic plasmids

Non-conjugative plasmids

None of these

Conjugative plasmids

two IS elements integrate into a chromosome with only a small distance separating them

a small deletion occurs in the transposase gene of an IS element and plasmid is integrated

a small deletion occurs in the transposase gene of an IS element

an IS element integrates with another IS element with the help of a plasmid

transformation

transduction

conjugation

lysogenic conversion

All of these

Plasmids

Bacteriophage

Transposable elements

non conjugative plasmids

None of these

non self-transmissible plasmids

conjugative plasmids