Horizontal Gene Transfer

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Across
  1. 5. The transfer of DNA through contact from one bacteria to another
  2. 8. Tightly packed DNA, usually conveyed as an "X"
  3. 9. A virus that only affects bacteria
  4. 11. Info found in cells
  5. 13. The process of bacteria engulfing a plasmid
  6. 14. A method used to create cellular stress to help the bacteria take in the new plasmid
  7. 15. A circular double-stranded piece of DNA found in bacteria
Down
  1. 1. A strand that during conjugation binds from one bacteria to another to transfer info
  2. 2. The name of the type of gene transfer that bacteria use
  3. 3. A piece of DNA that is removed or added to the plasmid to transform a bacteria
  4. 4. When bacteria are no longer affected by the presence of antibiotics
  5. 6. The showing of a gene
  6. 7. Microscopic Single-celled organisms
  7. 10. Differences found in a population, in this case bacteria
  8. 12. The name of the process of gene transfer in bacteria that involves a virus