An F⁺ Microbial Strain Would Best Be Described As

question 25

Multiple Choice

An F⁺ microbial strain would best be described as:

• A)any bacterium that readily takes up naked DNA through its membrane.
• B)incapable of conjugation due to inhibitory genes on the F plasmid.
• C)a bacterial strain with specific auxotrophic characteristics.
• D)a bacterial strain that carries a phage with membrane fusion competency.
• E)a bacterium with a plasmid that confers mating competency (or fertility).

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