Bacterial Conjugation

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Conjugation

As explained in the textbook Medical Microbiology by Samuel Baron, conjugation is a process where donor bacteria transfer some or all of their genome to recipient bacteria via a cytoplasmic “bridge” called the pilus[1].

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