Functional response The relationship between the density of prey and an individual predator’s rate of food consumption

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F (fertility) factor Episome of E. coli that controls conjugation and gene exchange between cells.

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F⁺ Present as separate circular plasmid

F⁻ Absent

Hfr Present, integrated into bacterial chromosome

F′ Present as separate circular plasmid, carrying some bacterial genes

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Conjugation takes place when genetic material passes directly from one bacterium to another via sex pilus

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Davis’s U-tube experiment- Exchange of bacterial genes clearly required direct contact in conjugation.

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Transformation takes place when a bacterium takes up DNA from the medium in which it is growing.