Bacterial Genetics & Drug Resistance — Topic Test
20 questions · exam mode (answers revealed at the end). 18 min suggested.
A microbiologist studying bacterial genetics wishes to transfer a chromosomal resistance gene from a donor to a recipient strain using a bacteriophage that erroneously packages host DNA. Which mechanism of horizontal gene transfer is being exploited?
AGeneralised transduction
BSpecialised transduction
CConjugation
DNatural transformation