There are other plasmids that exist, such as, for example, the rplasmid. The rplasmid is basically a plasmid that not only contains the proteins that code for the sex pillars, it also contains proteins that give our cell resistance to drugs and antibiotics. So basically, this process is known as mating because we have two individual cells that basically interact via this cytoplasmic bridge known as the sex pillars, and we transfer genetic information from the donor to our recipient in this process of genetic recombination in bacterial cells is known as conjugation. So let's move on to transformation. So, transformation is basically a type of genetic recombination process in which our cell takes up DNA fragments from the outside of that cell's environment and brings it into the cell and then integrates that fragment of DNA into its own DNA. And this transforms our cell into a genetically different cell.