Question

A certain type of bacteria is determined to have become resistant to antibiotics. In which

method of genetic transfer did the bacterial cells most likely engage in order to transfer the
antibiotic resistant gene to other cells?
binary fission
conjugation
diffusion
thermoregulation

Answer 1

Diffusion is used by bacteria to transfer antibiotic resistance genes to other cells.

Step-by-step explanation:

• When bacteria becomes resistant to antibodies, it loses the ability to be inhibited.

• Diffusion in such case is used by bacteria to transfer the antibiotic genes to another species. This is because bacteria has the ability to replicate and transfer resistance by engulfing DNA from neighboring cells.

• Bacteria has the ability to take naked DNA encoding from similar species for the purpose of resistance and diffusion is the process that makes it possible.