Question | Answer |
method of genetic exchange involving the transfer of naked DNA from dead donor cells to living recipient cells | transformation (DNA mediated transformation) |
___ is restricted to bacteria that are closely related and does not occur often | transformation of genetic exchange |
Only cells that are ___ in logarithmic stage of growth undergo transformation | competent |
Bacteria that are ___ will readily pick up plasmid DNA | competent |
pUC19, pBR322, pGEM and pGLO carry genes called___ that code for resistance to ampicillin | marker genes |
___ allow for the detection of transformed cells on media with ampicillin antibiotic | marker genes |
the gene providing ampicillin resistance encodes for the enzyme | Beta lactamase |
__ is an enzyme catalyzing the hydrolysis of beta lactam antibiotics (penicillins and cephalosporins) | Beta lactamase |
the structural genes of pGLO have a gene encoding for ____ originally produced by jellyfish | green fluorescent protein |
gells carry pGLO plasmid will produce ___ when on media containing ampicillin and arabinose | green fluorescent protein |
__ are cells able to take in DNA from the environment from closely related cells | competent cells |
non cellular, macromolecular comples with a nucleic acid core surrounded by a caspsid | virions |
infective form of a viruse particle as it exists outside the host cell | virions |
all viruses are obligate intracellular parasites or __ | hypotrophs |
__ are ultramicroscopic life forms and infect and reproduce within specific host cells | viruses |
biruses ata infect bacteria are called | bacteriophages |
when bacteria and cytolytic bacteriophages are both on agar the destruction shows as windows called | plaques |
__ means cell lysing | cytolytic |
bacterial identification method that involves known bacteriophages to identify unknown bacteria | phage typing |