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occurs when a plasmid is transferred from one bacterium to another through a pilus.

Binary fission

Conjugation

Transduction

Transformation

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Conjugation — it’s the direct transfer of plasmid DNA from a donor (often F+) to a recipient (F−) via a sex pilus. (Binary fission = cell division; transduction = phage-mediated transfer; transformation = uptake of free DNA.)