Bacterial Strain a Contains a Plasmid

question 68

Essay

Bacterial strain A contains a plasmid. Bacterial strain B does not. When the bacteria are incubated together in a broth culture strain B cells containing the plasmid can be isolated. Devise an experiment to determine what type of gene transfer process is involved.

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