Question:
Give an example of transposon.
Author: H KAnswer:
Penicilin resistance moves from nucleoid to plasmid, when in plasmid it can be conjugated to another bacteria by pilli, which thus becomes resistant, however its progeny are not resistant unless the resistance gene is transposed back into the nucleoid genome. RK bacteria who undergo conjugation and lose their plasmid do not lose resistance properties since we have many plasmids
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