Bacterial Transduction

What is the process by which bacterial cells obtain foreign DNA from viruses and integrate it into their own chromosomes?

• Transformation

• Conjugation

• Transduction

• Transcription

What can bacterial cells acquire through the process of genetic recombination?

• New abilities

• New functions

• Resistance to antibiotics

• All of the above

What is a virus that infects bacterial cells called?

• Bacterial phage

• Viral bacteria

• Bacteria virus

• Bacteriophage

What is the process called when a bacteriophage injects its DNA into a bacterial cell and hijacks the cellular machinery to replicate?

• Lysogenic cycle

• Lytic cycle

• Infection cycle

• Replication cycle

What happens during the process of phage assembly?

• Bacterial DNA is replicated

• Bacterial DNA is degraded

• Phage DNA is replicated

• Both A and C

What happens when a bacteriophage carries both phage DNA and bacterial DNA to infect another bacterial cell?

• The bacterial cell goes through the lytic cycle

• The bacterial cell undergoes conjugation

• The bacterial cell undergoes binary fission

• The bacterial cell undergoes genetic recombination

What is the result of the lysogenic cycle in bacterial cells?

• Both A and C

• Phage DNA is degraded

• Phage DNA becomes part of the bacterial cell's chromosome

• Bacterial DNA is replicated

What process allows bacterial cells to acquire new functionalities through viral infection such as toxin production and antibiotic resistance?

• Conjugation

• Replication

• Transformation

• Transduction

What is the term for the process of a bacteriophage excising from the bacterial chromosome and reentering the lytic cycle?

• Lysogenic exit

• Excision cycle

• Phage reentry

• Lytic excision

What is the main purpose of genetic recombination in bacterial cells?

• To reduce bacterial cell metabolism

• To acquire new genetic material

• To decrease bacterial cell replication

• To increase bacterial cell size