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Agricultural microbiology discusses the mechanisms by which bacteria can acquire new DNA through transformation, transduction, and conjugation. These processes allow for genetic recombination, which can result in gene conversion and the mapping of genes along the bacterial chromosome. Additionally, these natural mechanisms can be modified for deliberate DNA incorporation into host microbes.

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Agricultural Microbiology

recombination will occur. Under certain circumstances, chromosomal DNA can


be transferred to the recipient cell. In these cases, recombination will occur.
 Bacteria can receive bacterial DNA from viruses through the process of
transduction. Bacterial viruses can accidentally pick up pieces of bacterial DNA.
When they subsequently infect a cell, they transfer the pice of bacterial DNA,
which can undergo recombination with the host bacterial chromosome.
 The result of recombination in the above cases may be gene conversion, in which
a mutant allele becomes wild-type or vice versa.
 Conjugation involving Hfr bacteria can be used to map genes along the bacterial
chromosome. This done by determining in what order genes are transferred
during conjugation, waht the time difference is between the transfer of genes.

Bacteria do not reproduce sexually but can acquire new DNA through
transformation, transduction or conjugation.These natural processes have been
modified so that DNA can be deliberately incorporated into host microbes- even genes
that would normally never be transferred this way.

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