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PLEASE HELP ASAP!!!!Suppose a bacterial culture were mixed with recombinant plasmids

containing a gene for resistance to penicillin. The bacterial culture was then
treated with penicillin. Which of the following statements is NOT true? *
1. Those bacteria that contain the plasmid will survive.

2. The penicillin will kill the bacteria that were transformed.

3. The gene for antibiotic resistance is expressed in the bacteria that survive.

4.Those bacteria that are successfully transformed will survive.

User BC Smith
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Answer: B is the right answer, or #2

Explanation: Got this on a test, I got it wrong but my teacher showed the right answer LOL

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