Multiple Choice
You are a volunteer for Nurses Without Borders and are being sent on a humanitarian mission. You are somewhat concerned because you have learned from the CDC website that antibiotic-resistant Haemophilus influenzae is common in the country to which you are being sent. This encapsulated, Gram-negative bacterium can cause a variety of illnesses, including community-acquired pneumonia. You do some research on the genetics of this pathogen.
-What concerns you most about the strain of H. influenzae that you may be exposed to while you are away is antibiotic resistance. The genes for resistance can be acquired by this organism as naked DNA from the environment, an example of
A) conjugation.
B) transformation.
C) induced mutation.
D) vertical gene transfer.
E) transduction.
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