Microbiology - Microbial Recombination and Gene Transfer

Exercise : Microbial Recombination and Gene Transfer - Section 1
  • Microbial Recombination and Gene Transfer - Section 1
1.
The plasmid-mediated properties is/are
fermentation of lactose
production of enterotoxin
resistance to antibiotics
all of these
Answer: Option
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2.
In the extracellular medium, DNA-degrading enzymes would likely be to prevent transfer of DNA by
conjugal transfer by a self-transmissible plasmid
generalized phage transduction
natural transformation
none of the above
Answer: Option
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3.
What is the term used for a segment of DNA with one or more genes in the centre and the two ends carrying inverted repeat sequences of nucleotides?
Plasmid
Transposon
Insertion sequence
None of these
Answer: Option
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4.
The plasmids can be eliminated from a cell by the process known as
curing
breaking
fixing
expulsion
Answer: Option
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5.
Recombination of virus genomes occurs
by transduction
by transription
simultaneous infection of a host cell by two viruses with homologous chromosomes
by transformation
Answer: Option
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