In a tetanus shot,patients are injected with small amounts of tetanospasmin,a toxin produced by the Clostridium tetani,the bacterium that causes tetanus.The gene for this protein is carried on a plasmid in the bacterium.Which of the following is true of this gene?

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The gene for tetanospasmin is carried on a plasmid in the Clostridium tetani bacterium. Plasmids are able to undergo the process of horizontal gene transfer, by which genetic material can be transferred between bacterial cells. This can occur through mechanisms such as transformation, in which free DNA is taken up by a bacterial cell. Therefore, choice C is the correct answer.

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