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A 59-year-old female has been diagnosed with Escherichia coli infection following the consumption of contaminated meat. The patient is exhibiting a high fever, severe abdominal cramping, and diarrhea. As the RN, you provide supportive care and fluid resuscitation as ordered. You are familiar with the E. coli bacterium, and provide education to the patient and her family regarding the genetics of this bacterium.
-As the RN,you instruct the family that the transfer of genetic material can involve contact between two bacterial cells.DNA can pass from one cell to the other through a pilus during this process,which is called

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Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
  A 59-year-old female has been diagnosed with Escherichia coli infection following the consumption of contaminated meat. The patient is exhibiting a high fever, severe abdominal cramping, and diarrhea. As the RN, you provide supportive care and fluid resuscitation as ordered. You are familiar with the E. coli bacterium, and provide education to the patient and her family regarding the genetics of this bacterium. 
-As the RN,you instruct the family that the transfer of genetic material can involve contact between two bacterial cells.DNA can pass from one cell to the other through a pilus during this process,which is called

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The transfer of genetic material between two bacterial cells through a pilus is called conjugation. Transformation involves the uptake and incorporation of foreign DNA from the environment, specialized transduction involves the transfer of specific genes by temperate viruses, and generalized transduction involves the transfer of random bacterial DNA by virulent phages.

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