Question

“In order to force bacteria to take up the plasmid, the bacterial cells must first be made ‘competent’ to take upDNA”. Justify the above statement.

Answer 1

Phosphorus is a chemical element with symbol P and atomic number 15. Elemental phosphorus exists in two major forms, white phosphorus and red phosphorus, but because it is highly reactive, phosphorus is never found as a free element on Earth. It has a concentration in the Earth's crust of about one gram per kilogram.