Which method of bacterial DNA transfer involves a physical connection between the two bacterial cells?
A)Transformation
B)Transduction
C)Binary fission
D)Conjugation

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Conjugation involves the physical connection between two bacterial cells via a sex pilus, through which a plasmid containing the DNA to be transferred is passed from the donor cell to the recipient cell. Transformation involves the uptake of free DNA by a bacterial cell, transduction involves the transfer of DNA via a bacteriophage, and binary fission is the process of a bacterial cell dividing into two identical daughter cells.

Which Method of Bacterial DNA Transfer Involves a Physical Connection