bacterial genetics
[bæk'tɪriəl dʒə'nɛtɪks]
noun
genética bacteriana
1. The branch of genetics that studies the heredity, variation, and molecular structure of bacteria, including DNA replication, gene expression, and genetic recombination in prokaryotes
Bacterial genetics has revealed how antibiotic resistance genes are transferred between different bacterial species.
A genética bacteriana revelou como os genes de resistência a antibióticos são transferidos entre diferentes espécies bacterianas.
2. The study of genetic mechanisms specific to bacteria, such as horizontal gene transfer, plasmids, and transposons
In bacterial genetics, researchers discovered that genes could be exchanged through conjugation, transformation, and transduction.
Na genética bacteriana, pesquisadores descobriram que genes poderiam ser trocados através de conjugação, transformação e transdução.
Bacterial genetics is a critical field in both Brazilian and American scientific research, particularly relevant to understanding antibiotic resistance, which is a major public health concern in both countries. The field emerged as foundational to molecular biology and is taught extensively in university biology programs throughout the Portuguese and English-speaking worlds.
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