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Microbial genetics
the study of the mechanisms of heritable information in microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, viruses and some protozoa and fung
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Bacterial chromosomes
the genophore or nucleoid carries genetic information (DNA) carried from past generations
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Bacterial plasmid
small extra-chromosomal DNA contain some genes such as antibiotic resistance obtained through reco
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Bacterial pilus
important for bacterial gene transfers
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Fertility plasmids
initiates bacterial conjugation
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Resistance plasmids
genes that code for antibiotic resistance or poisons
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Virulence plasmid
turns the bacteria into a pathogen
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Agrobacterium tumefaciens
virulence plasmid examples
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Metabolism plasmid
enables digestion of unusual substances like petroleum
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Transformation plasmid
is a process of horizontal gene transfer by which some bacteria take up foreign genetic material (naked DNA) from the environment.
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Conjugation
the transfer of genetic material between bacterial cells by direct cell-to-cell contact or by a bridge-like connection (sex pilus) between two cells
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Transduction
he process by which foreign DNA is transferred from one bacterium to another by a virus or viral vector
