microbial genetics

Question 1

these agents in the lab can induce mutations

Answer 1

UV light, X rays, Radioactive substances, certain chemical agents, viruses

Question 2

ways in which bacteria acquire new genetic information

Answer 2

lsyogenic conversion, transduction, transformation, conjugation, transposition, plasmid acquisition

Question 3

plasmid acquisition

Answer 3

when an organism acquires a plasmid, they acquire new genes

Question 4

a plasmid is

Answer 4

an extrachromosomal DNA

Question 5

an episome is a plasmid that

Answer 5

can exist only by itself or can integrate into the chromosome

Question 6

Lysogenic conversion is when

Answer 6

DNA comes from a bacteriophage and viral info is exchanged

Question 7

transduction

Answer 7

bacteriophage carries genetic information from one bacteria to another

Question 8

transformation

Answer 8

uptake of DNA fragments from the environment

Question 9

conjugation

Answer 9

attachment through a sex plus to another bacterial cell and genetic material (usually a plasmid) is transferred to the recipient cell

Question 10

the most frequent means of transfer resistance is

Answer 10

conjugation

Question 11

transposition

Answer 11

transposons move from one DNA site to another within the same organism