Answer the following questions with F F or Hfr More than one

Answer the following questions with F^+, F^-, or Hfr. More than one of these three may apply to a single question. Bacterium that does not have an F factor. Bacterium that can donate an F factor. Bacterium that has an integrated F factor. Bacterium that can receive an F factor. Bacterium that forms a sex pilus.

Solution

(a) F- cell

(b) F+ cell, Hfr

(c) Hfr

(d) F- cell

(e) Hfr, F+

F+ Cells: These are the bacterial cells which contains the F plasmid.

F- cells are the cells without F plasmid.

F+ plasmid when integrated into the genomic DNA of bacteria it is termed as Hfr cell