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MI Chapter 2 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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antibiotics | a substance produced by or derived from a microorganism and able to dilute solution to inhibit or kill another microorganism |
conjugation | the one-way transfer of DNA between bacteria in cellular contact |
transformation | the uptake and expression of foreign DNA by a cell |
transduction | the transfer of genetic material from one organism(such as a bacterium) to another genetic vector |
nucleoid | the DNA-containing area of a bacterial cell |
plasmid | a small ring of DNA that carries accessory genes separate from those of the bacterial chromsome |
antibiotic resistance | resistance to one or more antibiotics, usually due to additional genetic information |