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What is a bacteriophage?
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A bacteriophage is a parasitic virus that infects bacteria.
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What is conjugation?
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Conjugation is when one bacterial cell contacts another cell and directly transfers its DNA into that cell. (Done through direct contact)
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What is tranformation?
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Transformation- when a bacterial cell acquires a piece of DNA from the environment incorporates the DNA into its own chromosome.
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What is transduction?
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When a bacteriophage picks up bacterial DNA and then infects another bacterial cell, and in the process injects the infected cell with the DNA. It then gets incorporated into the chromosome.
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What is an auxotrophic mutant?
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It's a mutant that can only survive if there are specific building blocks provided by the medium. Examples of building blocks are adenine,threonine, biotin..
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