Bacteria acquire characteristics by all of the following except___________________?
Correct answer: B. Incorporating part of host DNA
- A. Though plasmids
- B. Incorporating part of host DNA
- C. Through bacteriophages
- D. through conjugation
Explanation
Bacteria can acquire new characteristics through plasmids, bacteriophage-mediated transduction and conjugation. “Incorporating part of host DNA” is not the standard mechanism listed here; uptake of naked DNA is called transformation.
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