Bacterial plasmids

A. are essential for growth.
B. can provide genes that allow the bacteria to grow and thrive in the presence of potential toxins.
C. are essential for cellular respiration.
D. are artificially created by humans and are present in bacteria only because humans put them there.

E.
are essential for chromosome replication and binary fission.


B. can provide genes that allow the bacteria to grow and thrive in the presence of potential toxins.

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