Phase-contrast microscopy is suitable for observing single cells or thin cell layers.

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Transduction takes place when bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) carry DNA from one bacterium to another.

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Cotransduction Process in which two or more genes are transferred together from one bacterial cell to another by a virus.

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Generalized transduction Transduction in which any gene can be transferred from one bacterial cell to another by a virus.

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Specialized transduction Transduction in which genes near special sites on the bacterial chromosome are transferred from one bacterium to another.

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Prophage - Phage genome that is integrated into a bacterial chromosome.

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Temperate phage Bacteriophage that can undergo the lysogenic cycle, in which the phage DNA integrates into the bacterial chromosome and remains in an inactive state.