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3 types of intermicrobial exchange
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conjugation - transformation - transduction
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in intermicrobial exchange, conjugation requires the attachment 2 related ____ & formation of a ____ that can transport
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species - bridge
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in intermicrobial exchange, tranformation is the transfer of ____
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DNA
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in transduction of intermicrobial exchange, DNA transfer is mediated by a ____
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bacteriophage
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conjugation is the transfer of
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F-plasmids
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conjugation step 1 of 4 - donor contacts recipient & attaches using ____ ____
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sex pili
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conjugation step 2 of 4 - F-factor initiates transfer of a copy of ____
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F-plasmid
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conjugation step 3 of 4 - recipient is converted to a new ____ cell
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F+
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conjugation step 4 of 4 - recipient cell is called ____
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recombinant
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during conjugational mechanism, ____ ____ ____ cells can transfer chromosomal genes
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high frequency recombination (HFR)
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during conjugational mechanism, sometimes the F-factor will integrate into the ____ of the donor
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chromosome
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in conjugational mechanism, the recipient can receive new ____ genes from a related ____ ____
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chromosomal - HFR cell
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3 importance's of plasmids: provides ____ advantage, enhances ____, & is ____ resistant
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selective - pathogenicity - antibiotic
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example of selective advantage importance: some ____ spp. have plasmid encoded enzymes to degrade petroleum allowing them to live in fuel tanks or fuel spills
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Pseudomonas
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example of enhancing pathogenicity importance: the E. coli strain causing infant or traveler's diarrhea carries plasmids for ____ production & ____ attachment
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toxin - bacterial
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example of antibiotic resistance importance: many antibiotic resistance genes are carried on plasmids which can be rapidly transferred to other bacteria, resulting in widespread ____ to antibiotics & strains that are resistant to multiple antibiotics such as ____-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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resistance - methicillin
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many antibiotic resistance genes are carried on ____which can be rapidly transferred to other bacteria
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plasmids
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resistance transfer factor (RTF) is associated with ____ & ____ resistance
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conjugation - antibiotic
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bacterial transformation, step 1 of 3: donor DNA fragments binds to ____ on cell ____
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proteins - surface
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bacterial transformation, step 2 of 3: donor DNA fragment is transported into ____ ____ & becomes single-____
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host cell - stranded
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bacterial transformation, step 3 of 3: single stranded donor ____ fragment is incorporated in host ____
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DNA - chromosome
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in bacterial transformation, unsuccessful transformation will lead to ____ of doner ____ fragment
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degradation - DNA
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Griffith's experiments with the mouse is an example of bacterial ____
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transformation
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in bacteriophage infections, a ____ injects viral ____ into bacterial cell
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virus or bacteriophage - DNA
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transduction step 1 of 5, phage injects ____ into ____ cell
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DNA - bacterial
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transduction step 2 of 5, bacterial DNA is fragmented as ____ replicates
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phage
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transduction step 3 of 5, fragment of bacterial DNA is incorporated into phage ____
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head
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transduction step 3 of 5, bacterial cell is ____ & a new phage is released
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lysed
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transduction step 4 of 5, phage containing bacterial DNA infects ____ ____
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new cell
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transduction step 5 of 5, genes from first bacterial host are incorporated into ____ of new host
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chromosome
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in specialized transduction, host cell chromosome acquires both phage ____ & ____ from previous host
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DNA - genes
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transposons, AKA ____, is DNA segments that shift from 1 part of the ____ to another
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"jumping gene" - genome
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intermicrobial transfer of plasmids containing resistance genes or __ factors, occurs by ____, ____, & ____
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R - conjugation - transformation - transduction
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conjugation, transformation, & transduction is involved with antimicrobial ____
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resistance
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