Scientists perform cellular transformation for a variety of different purposes. Cellular transformation is not successful on all situations in which it is performed, however. A scientist conducts an experiment in which a bacterial culture is mixed with recombinant plasmids containing a gene for resistance to penicillin. The bacterial culture is then treated with penicillin. Which of the following would indicate to the scientist that the recombination was unsuccessful?
a.
The bacteria that contain the plasmid survive.
b.
The penicillin kills the bacteria that were transformed.
c.

Question

Scientists perform cellular transformation for a variety of different purposes. Cellular transformation is not successful on all situations in which it is performed, however. A scientist conducts an experiment in which a bacterial culture is mixed with recombinant plasmids containing a gene for resistance to penicillin. The bacterial culture is then treated with penicillin. Which of the following would indicate to the scientist that the recombination was unsuccessful?
a.
The bacteria that contain the plasmid survive.
b.
The penicillin kills the bacteria that were transformed.
c.

anonymous · Answer

c.
 
The gene for antibiotic resistance is expressed in the bacteria that survive.
 

d.
 
The bacteria that are successfully transformed survive.

anonymous · Answer

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