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Microbiology, Fifth Edition
Microbiology, 5/e
Lansing M Prescott, Augustana College
Donald A Klein, Colorado State University
John P Harley, Eastern Kentucky University

Microbial Recombination and Plasmids

Web Exercises

Read about plasmid research at http://bbrp.llnl.gov/bbrp/html/microbe.html.

Transfer of genetic information between bacteria occurs naturally through at least three distinct processes. What are they? How do they differ?

How can the identification of virulence plasmid sequences lead to the development of a device to detect pathogenic bacteria?