Podiatry and Medical - Set 1

Category - Podiatry Part I

Which of the following has the ability to create sex pilus when taken up by bacteria?
  1. F-plasmid
  2. R-plasmid
  3. S-plasmid
  4. Y-plasmid
Explanation
Answer - A - F-plasmid has the ability to create sex pilus when taken up by bacteria. It is a conjugative plasmid found in F+ bacterial cells with high frequency to transfer, and much less often to transfer of the bacterial chromosome, to an F- cell that lacks such plasmid.
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