The plasmid and the nucleoid are bacterial components that contain DNA.
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Plasmid
/ˈplæzmɪd/
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plasmid dna
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These discussions have left a plethora of terms adrift: pangenes, bioblasts, plasmagenes, plastogenes, chondriogenes, cytogenes and proviruses, which have lost their original utility owing to the accretion of vague or contradictory connotations. At the risk of adding to this list, I propose plasmid as a generic term for any extrachromosomal hereditary determinant.
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This is how the F (for "fertility") plasmid, which forms the basis of a lot of classical E. coli genetics, is transferred from one cell to another.
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Bacteria are happy to absorb little rings of DNA called plasmids and adopt them as their own.
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