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

Exercise 8

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.
a. Outline the main steps in cloning a gene, explaining how horizontal gene transfer is used in this process.
b. Describe one method used to determine whether a bacterial culture has received a recombinant plasmid.