Weil-Felix is a nonspecific agglutination test that detects anti-rickettsial antibodies in patients' serum. Weil-Felix test is based on cross-reactions that occur between antibodies produced in acute...
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Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) is a group of illnesses that are caused by several distinct families of viruses. It is a severe multisystem syndrome. Some of these viruses cause mild illnesses, and...
Bacterial transformation is one of the three horizontal gene transfer mechanisms found in bacterial cells. The other two horizontal gene transfer mechanisms are conjugation (Transfer of F...
Conjugation is the process of the transfer of genetic material from one bacteria to another. It requires close contact between the two bacteria. The transfer of plasmid DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)...
Mechanism of Conjugation in Bacteria: The transfer of F Plasmid
Conjugation in bacteria is one of the three processes of gene transfer (transfer of DNA) from one bacteria to another. The other two being transformation, and transduction. It was the first...
Gene transfer is the mechanism of transferring the genetic material, DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), from one bacteria to another. It is broadly of two types; vertical and horizontal. Vertical gene...