Bacteria typically use binary fission, but under special circumstances sexual reproduction is possible via horizontal gene transfer.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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The development of virulent, toxin-producing bacterial strains due to the presence of a temperate phage can occur through the process of ________.
A. transformation B. specialized transduction C. generalized transduction D. bacterial conjugation
Root hairs are most abundant:
A. near the top of the root at the soil surface. B. near the root tip. C. along the edges of the root. D. at branch points in the root. E. in areas of woody growth along the root.
You accidentally flush your cell phone. Where will it most likely be found at a wastewater treatment facility?
A- bar screen B- clarifier C- aquifer D- aeration basin E- grit chamber
A polypeptide in a wild type microbe contains the sequence Leu-Pro-Tyr-Ser-Pro. A phenotypic variant of the species has the peptide sequence Leu-Pro-Cys-Ser-Pro. This is an example of a(n) ________ mutation
A) nonsense B) missense C) silent D) frameshift E) inversion