There are three different mutations that have antibiotic resistant genes. Bacterial Conjugation is the direct transfer of DNA from one bacterial cell to another. The transferred DNA is a plasmid, a circle of DNA that is distinct from the main bacterial chromosome. One strand of the plasmid is transferred and the other stays in the original cell. Bacterial Transformation has the transfer of “naked” DNA into a recipient cell. Transduction is the process of genetic recombination in bacteria it's where the genes from a bacterium are brought into the bacteriophage and is carried to another bacteriophage. The pilus is the hairlike structure that is found on the surface of the bacteria. Target proteins are used in the process of transduction, transformation,
