What are the methods bacteria use to take up foreign dna that encodes antibiotic resistance?

Methods bacteria use to take up foreign DNA that encodes antibiotic resistance are transformation, conjugation and transduction.

Answer;

-Transformation;

-Conjugation

Transduction;

Explanation;

The methods bacteria use to take up foreign DNA that encodes antibiotic resistance includes;

- Transformation; this is the uptake of naked DNA in the environment.

-Conjugation; involves the direct cell to cell contact

- Transduction which is the transfer that is mediated by baceriophage (bacteria viruses)