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Transformation process in which one strain of bacteria is changed
by a gene or genes from another strain of bacteria
Conjugation In bacteria, the direct transfer of DNA between two
cells that are temporarily joined.
Phage Transduction Non-consensual transfer of DNA from a
bacteriophage to a bacteria
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Griffith's experiment - Reported in 1928 by Fredrick Griffith, was the first
experiment suggesting that bacteria are capable of
transferring genetic information through a process
known as transformation.
- Smooth strain kills mouse. Rough strain doesn't
kill mouse. Heat-killed smooth strain doesn't kill
mouse. Heat-killed smooth strain + live rough strain
kills mouse.
Avery, MacLeod, McCarty Determined that DNA was Griffith's "Transforming
Experiment Factor."
natural competence When certain microbes have specific proteins to
facilitate intake of external DNA.
- Examples of naturally competent bacteria:
Gram+ : streptococcus pneumoniae, bacillus
subtilis
Gram- : haemophilus influenzae, neisseria
gonorrhoeae
artificial competence Cells are made permeable to DNA, by artificially
creating favorable conditions that would otherwise
not normally occur.
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Transformation process in which one strain of bacteria is changed
by a gene or genes from another strain of bacteria
Conjugation In bacteria, the direct transfer of DNA between two
cells that are temporarily joined.
Phage Transduction Non-consensual transfer of DNA from a
bacteriophage to a bacteria
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Griffith's experiment - Reported in 1928 by Fredrick Griffith, was the first
experiment suggesting that bacteria are capable of
transferring genetic information through a process
known as transformation.
- Smooth strain kills mouse. Rough strain doesn't
kill mouse. Heat-killed smooth strain doesn't kill
mouse. Heat-killed smooth strain + live rough strain
kills mouse.
Avery, MacLeod, McCarty Determined that DNA was Griffith's "Transforming
Experiment Factor."
natural competence When certain microbes have specific proteins to
facilitate intake of external DNA.
- Examples of naturally competent bacteria:
Gram+ : streptococcus pneumoniae, bacillus
subtilis
Gram- : haemophilus influenzae, neisseria
gonorrhoeae
artificial competence Cells are made permeable to DNA, by artificially
creating favorable conditions that would otherwise
not normally occur.
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