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Are conjugative plasmids and the F factor(plasmid) the same thing? Or is the f factor a type of conjugative plasmids which also include the R factor. Does the r factor also have genes for encoding pili and do all conjugative ...

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What's the final numbers for bacteria: When 20 isolated of bacteria will be inoculate in broth media, the cell will be divided each 2 min, calculate the numbers of bacteria after 20 min , 30 min , 1hrs, 10 hrs, ...

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Dear Microbiologist, I am writing a collection of short stories for children.  One of the stories is about the life of a germ.  I would like to know if the story is factually correct and if it makes sense where it ...