Prokaryotic Reproduction + Horizontal Gene Transfer

What is the most common form of reproduction for prokaryotes?

Asexual reproduction

Steps of Binary Fission (Describe Each Stage)

• Elongation and chromosomal replication

• Septation

• Cell separation

Conjugation

The transfer of genetic material between bacterial cells either by direct cell to cell contact or by a bridge-like connection between two cells

Transduction

When a bacteriophage infects a bacterial cell, it incorporates its genome into its host cell

Transformation

Recipients pick up DNA fragments from a cell that has been lysed. These fragments are incorporated into recipient cell’s genome which leaves the cell transformed.

Inclusion Bodies

Serves as storage vesicles that respond to the environment

Bacterial Microcompartments

Specifically stores enzymes