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new_n_lost
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04/07/07 - 05:49 PM

Which of the following organisms is a natural transformer?

A. Escherichia coli
B. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
C. Plasmodium vivax
D. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
E. Staphylococcus aureus

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04/07/07 - 06:59 PM

C. Plasmodium vivax

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04/07/07 - 11:54 PM

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The Medically Important Natural Transformers are:
Gram Positive: Streptococcus pneumoniae
Gram Negative: Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Haemophilus influenzae and Helicobacter pylori

Free linear DNA is taken up by bacteria from the environment

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04/07/07 - 11:57 PM

Guess what the only transformers i cud think of were VOLTAGE T.

now this is a guess...........and vagueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee memory. E.Coli?

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04/08/07 - 11:06 AM

007 is right.
Legionella pneumophila also should be on the list

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04/08/07 - 06:38 PM

me007 wrote:
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The Medically Important Natural Transformers are:
Gram Positive: Streptococcus pneumoniae
Gram Negative: Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Haemophilus influenzae and Helicobacter pylori

Free linear DNA is taken up by bacteria from the environment

Me007 Nailed it

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05/24/07 - 08:56 PM

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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06/09/07 - 07:48 AM

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06/09/07 - 07:48 AM

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