Learning Objectives for "Prokaryotic Cell Anatomy: Plasmids and Transposons"
After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.
1*. Describe plasmids and indicate their possible benefit to bacteria.
2. State the function of the following:
a*. transposons
b. integrons
c. episome
d*. conjugative plasmid
3*. State the most common way plasmids are transmitted from one bacterium to another.
4*. Define horizontal gene transfer.
(*) = Common theme throughout the course
Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.
Last updated: August, 2018
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