Describe bacterial conjugation. What plasmid is involved?

Last updated: 7/12/2022

Describe bacterial conjugation. What plasmid is involved? What cellular structure is involved? What do we call a cell that can initiate conjugation? What happens to the other (2nd) cell involved in conjugation? Describe how F' (prime), HFr cells differ from F+ (plus) cells? What would happen if each of the preceding cells came in contact with a F- (minus) cell?