MICROBIAL RECOMBINATION AND GENE TRANSFER QUIZ

The synthesis of RNA from a DNA template

The synthesis of protein in RNA

The transmission of genetic information from parent to offspring

The transmission of genetic information from one independent, mature organism to another

Small, circular DNA molecules that can exist independently of chromosomes commonly found in bacteria

Another name for a protoplast

None of these

A complex membrane structure that covers the chromosome of bacteria

conjugation

transformation

mutation

transduction

bacteria take up double stranded DNA from the environment

a bacteriophage transfers bacterial DNA

a bacteriophage genome is integrated into the bacterial genome

DNA-degrading enzymes in the extracellular medium would stop the process

None of these

conjugative plasmids

non conjugative plasmids

non self-transmissible plasmids

F factors

Virulence plasmid

Metabolic plasmid

None of these

DNA nucleotide sequences

Proteomics of the bacteria

Bacterial genome maps

Levels of DNA homology

is not constructed by cloning

carries DNA segments from many different genes

All of these

gives direct measurement of mRNA level

Replicon

Transposons

Tandons

Plasmids

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

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

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