Suppose Bacteria Are Grown on a Petri Dish That Contains

question 69

Multiple Choice

Suppose bacteria are grown on a petri dish that contains nutrient agar and the antibiotic ampicillin.After observing the bacteria growth on the plate for two days,you notice that only some of the bacteria have survived.What is a plausible explanation for your observations?

• A)Some of the bacterial DNA was not able to replicate because it lacked some of its own genetic material.
• B)The bacteria that survived were transformed with a plasmid that contains the resistance gene for ampicillin.
• C)The pili of the bacterial could not attach to the ampicillin.
• D)F plasmids were not present to transfer bacterial DNA.

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