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occurs when a bacterium takes in a piece of DNA from its environment.
Binary fission
Conjugation
Transduction
Transformation
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Transformation
Explanation: Transformation is the uptake of free DNA from the environment by a bacterium. Conjugation is direct DNA transfer between bacteria, transduction is transfer by bacteriophages, and binary fission is asexual cell division.
Explanation: Transformation is the uptake of free DNA from the environment by a bacterium. Conjugation is direct DNA transfer between bacteria, transduction is transfer by bacteriophages, and binary fission is asexual cell division.
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