Bacteria transformed with plasmids are plated on growth medium containing ampicillin and X-gal. Blue colonies on

the plate contain bacteria with a ____ plasmid, meaning the lacZ+ gene is ____.



a. recombinant; deleted from the plasmid
b. nonrecombinant; intact
c. recombinant; intact
d. nonrecombinant; disrupted by the inserted DNA fragment
e. recombinant; disrupted by the inserted DNA fragment


ANSWER: b

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