BIOL 261 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Hfr Cell, Rolling Circle Replication, Petri Dish

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Chapter 5 the genetics of bacteria and their viruses. Bacteria belong to a class of organisms known as prokaryotes. Their dna is not enclosed in a membrane-bound nucleus. The genome of most bacteria is a single molecule of double-stranded dna in the form of a closed circle. Bacteria in nature often contain extra dna elements called plasmids. Most plasmids are also dna circles but are much smaller than the main bacterial genome. Bacteria can be parasitied by specific viruses called bacteriophages (or phages) Viruses have some properties in common with organisms; their genetic material can be dna or. Most biologists regard viruses as nonliving because they are not cells and they have no metabolism of their own. Bacteria reproduce asexually by cell growth and vision. In bacteria, rarely are two complete chromosomes brought together; usually, the union is of one complete chromosome plus fragment of another.

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