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Basic Medicine - Set 42

Many bacterial species are having a natural ability to take up the exogenous DNA material. Which of the statement is not correct in regard to it?

ExplanationThis ability is termed as competence and it is limited to particular growth phases. It may lead to developing new biochemical abilities under special conditions such as nutrient deprivation. If the bacterial cells are naturally competent, they may take the foreign DNA by simply incubating them with foreign DNA.