Microbiology: A Systems Approach 4th Edition by Marjorie Kelly Cowan

Exercise 32

Critical thinking is the ability to reason and solve problems using facts and concepts. These questions can be approached from a number of angles and, in most cases, they do not have a single correct answer.
Use your knowledge of DNA recombination events to complete the following:
a. Propose two ways in which antibiotic resistance may develop in a bacterium.
b. Explain how transposable elements may be used to treat humans with mutations in insulin-producing genes.
c. Describe how bacterial cells acquire the ability to produce toxins.