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What are plasmids? Describe their role in bacteria.

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Plasmids are extra-nuclear rings of genetic material (i.e. DNA present in some bacteria (e.g. Eschrichia coli). These have genes of some peculiar characters like fertility factory, antibiotic resistance, etc.
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