Question

Which of the following describes how bacteria can receive or exchange genetic material?

(A) In transformation, some bacteria pick up pieces of DNA from the environment.
(B) In conjugation, two bacterial cells temporarily join and transfer genetic material between them.
(C) In transduction, viruses infect bacteria, carrying gene from one cell and injecting them into another.
(D) All responses apply

Answer 1

Which of the following describes how bacteria can receive or exchange genetic material? (D) All responses apply

Bacteria have many ways to receive genetic material. In conjugation, if the bacteria that sharing the DNA is resistant to a drug, then it can make the receiver of the DNA to be resistant too. This also works with transduction.