What is the typical size of an archaeal genome?

What is the typical size of an E.coli genome?

What is the typical size of a human chromosome?

Why should prokaryotes technically just accumulate bad mutations?

Plasmid cohabitation

What are the 3 basic GI types of plasmids?

What sequences are responsible for rep+segregation? Name 2 examples. (3)

What methods may they employ to do so?

Name 3 functions that additional genes may confer.

What factors in host cell infections are important? Name 2 examples.

What can be seen on a typical agar jar with bacteria of differing AB sensitivity?

What plasmid is responsible for the dangerous staphylococcus strains from hospitals?

What type of plasmid is this?

What does it confer resistance to?

What gene encodes transposases?

What are the simplest known transposable elements?

What do tra genes do?

Outline the process by which a donor cell donates its plasmid to a recipient (7)