______can exist integrated into the bacterial chromosome or as an autonomous plasmid unit in the cytosol.
A)Col plasmid
B)Temperate phages
C)Episomes
D)F' plasmid
E)R factor

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Episomes can exist either integrated into the bacterial chromosome or as a autonomous plasmid unit in the cytosol. The other options do not have this flexibility. Col plasmids only exist as autonomous plasmids, temperate phages can integrate into the bacterial chromosome but cannot exist as an autonomous plasmid unit, F' plasmids are always integrated into the bacterial chromosome, and R factors are always autonomous plasmids.

______Can Exist Integrated into the Bacterial Chromosome or as an Autonomous