are plasmids found in all bacteria
will all bacteria contain plasmids? when genomic DNA becoming ubiquitous in bacteria, is it optional for a bacteria to have a plasmid, or will all the bacteria contain plasmid? is thers any bacteria without plasmids? Source(s): bacteria plasmids: https://tinyurl.im/aEKII. Since a plasmid is (by definition) an extrachromosomal element, it cannot make use of any origin of DNA replication in a chromosome. That is, DNA synthesis within (i.e. copying of) a plasmid depends on its having an origin of DNA synthesis of its own. Obviously, if a plasmid couldn't be copied, it would be rapidly diluted out in a population of dividing cells because it couldn't be passed on to daughter cells. Pili are involved in the process of bacterial conjugation where they are called conjugation pili or sex pili. Type IV pili (non-sex pili) also aid bacteria in gripping surfaces.Pili are absent in gram-positive bacteria and present in gram-negative bacteria. In comparison to eukaryotes, the intracellular features of the bacterial cell are extremely simple. Bacteria do not contain organelles in the same sense as eukaryotes. Instead, the chromosome and perhaps ribosomes are the only easily observable intracellular structures found in all bacteria. Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: No, plasmids are not necessary to allow bacteira to survive .Plasmids are typically not strictly for survival and are only beneficial under certain conditions. The DNA necessary for bacterial life is usually in the chromosomal DNA. The plasmid DNA may confer benefits but the function of most plasmid DNA is currently unknown. Scientists have selected for plasmid free bacteria, and plasmid-free strains, especially E. coli, are available commercially. A plasmid is an extra-chromosomal element, often a circular DNA. The plasmids we will use in this class typically have three important elements: 1  An origin of replication.  A selectable marker gene (e.g. resistance to ampicillin) A plasmid is a strand or loop of DNA that is typically found in bacteria as well as archae (single-cell organisms) and eukarya (organisms of complex cell structure). Plasmids carry only a few genes and exist independently of chromosomes, the primary structures that contain DNA in cells. Able to self-replicate, plasmids can be picked up from the environment and transferred between bacteria. Plasmids are used by their host organism to cope with stress-related conditions. Many plasmids, for example, carry genes that code for the production of enzymes to inactivate antibiotics or poisons. Others contain genes that help a host organism digest unusual substances or kill other types of bacteria. Several characteristics of plasmids make them easy to modify genetically. Plasmids are sometimes called vectors, because they can take DNA from one organism to the next. Not all vectors are plasmids, however. We commonly use engineered viruses, for example bacteriophage lambda, which can carry large pieces of foreign DNA. Gram-positive cell walls are thick and the peptidoglycan ( also known as murein) layer constitutes almost 95% of the cell wall in some gram-positive bacteria and as little as 5-10% of the cell wall in gram-negative bacteria. The gram-positive bacteria take up the crystal violet dye and are stained purple. In most bacteria the most numerous intracellular structure is the ribosome, the site of protein synthesis in all living organisms. All prokaryotes have 70S (where S=Svedberg units) ribosomes while eukaryotes contain larger 80S ribosomes in their cytosol. The 70S ribosome is made up of a 50S and 30S subunits.
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