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Which correctly describes a process that occurs in bacteria?
In binary fission, the two new cells that are formed are susceptible to the same antibiotic.
In conjugation, bacterial DNA is transferred from one bacterium to another by a replicating virus.
In transduction, the cells that are formed are susceptible to the same antibiotic.
In transformation, a special sex pilus is required to connect two bacterial cells.
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"In binary fission, the two new cells that are formed are susceptible to the same antibiotic." — Correct.
Reason: binary fission produces two genetically identical daughter cells, so they generally have the same antibiotic susceptibility as the parent (barring new mutations or acquired resistance elements).
(For clarity: conjugation transfers DNA via a sex pilus between bacteria; transduction transfers bacterial DNA by bacteriophages; transformation is uptake of free DNA from the environment.)
Reason: binary fission produces two genetically identical daughter cells, so they generally have the same antibiotic susceptibility as the parent (barring new mutations or acquired resistance elements).
(For clarity: conjugation transfers DNA via a sex pilus between bacteria; transduction transfers bacterial DNA by bacteriophages; transformation is uptake of free DNA from the environment.)
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