What are plasmids?

Question:

What are plasmids? Describe their role in bacteria?

Solution:

Plasmids are smaller DNA present in the bacteria outside the genomic DNA. he plasmid DNA grants certain phenotypic characters like resistance to antibiotics to such bacteria. DNA is used to monitor bacterial transformation with foreign DNA.

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