Bacteria Transformed with Plasmids Are Plated on Growth Medium Containing

Multiple Choice

Bacteria transformed with plasmids are plated on growth medium containing ampicillin and X-gal. Blue colonies on the plate contain bacteria with a ____ plasmid, meaning the lacZ+ gene is ____. ​

A) recombinant; deleted from the plasmid
B) nonrecombinant; intact
C) recombinant; intact
D) nonrecombinant; disrupted by the inserted DNA fragment
E) recombinant; disrupted by the inserted DNA fragment