Bacteria Gene Transfer

Question 1

What are lamellar bodies?

Answer 1

Secretory organelles found in the stratum granulosum which store lipids and form a hydrophobic barrier

Question 2

What are the types of bacterial DNA transfer?

Answer 2

Transformation
Transduction
Conjugation
Transposition

Question 3

What is conjugation?

Answer 3

Transfer of bacterial DNA via direct cell-cell contact, which takes place between an M and F pilus.

Question 4

What is a plasmid?

Answer 4

Extrachromosomal form of DNA which can replicate independently.

Question 5

What is transformation?

Answer 5

Gene transfer when bacteria take up DNA from the environment.

Question 6

What is transposition?

Answer 6

DNA segments jump and move for gene transfer.

Question 7

What is transduction?

Answer 7

Bacterial gene transfer by using virus or a viral vector,