An F⁺ Microbial Strain Would Best Be Described As

An F⁺ microbial strain would best be described as:

A) any bacterium that readily takes up naked DNA through its membrane.
B) incapable of conjugation due to inhibitory genes on the F plasmid.
C) a bacterial strain with specific auxotrophic characteristics.
D) a bacterial strain that carries a phage with membrane fusion competency.
E) a bacterium with a plasmid that confers mating competency (or fertility) .