Which of the Following Statements About Transformation Is False

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about transformation is false?

• A)The bacterium E.coli is incapable of natural transformation.
• B)Like transduction and conjugation,natural transformation is an "accident" of plasmid biology.
• C)Artificial transformation is essential to many recombinant DNA techniques.
• D)All R-plasmids contain antibiotic-resistance genes.
• E)Natural transformation of the Enterobacteriaceae is a significant public health risk.

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