Scientists perform cellular transformation for a variety of different purposes. Cellular transformation is not successful on all situations in which it is performed, however. A scientist conducts an experiment in which a bacterial culture is mixed with recombinant plasmids containing a gene for resistance to penicillin. The bacterial culture is then treated with penicillin. Which of the following would indicate to the scientist that the recombination was unsuccessful? a. The bacteria that contain the plasmid survive. b. The penicillin kills the bacteria that were transformed. c.

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Cash Cline

2 July, 14:39

Scientists perform cellular transformation for a variety of different purposes. Cellular transformation is not successful on all situations in which it is performed, however. A scientist conducts an experiment in which a bacterial culture is mixed with recombinant plasmids containing a gene for resistance to penicillin. The bacterial culture is then treated with penicillin. Which of the following would indicate to the scientist that the recombination was unsuccessful? a. The bacteria that contain the plasmid survive. b. The penicillin kills the bacteria that were transformed. c.

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Amanda Duran · Answer 1

The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "b. The penicillin kills the bacteria that were transformed." The bacterial culture is then treated with penicillin. Among the following choices that would indicate to the scientist that the recombination was unsuccessful is that t he penicillin kills the bacteria that were transformed