What is the primary mechanism of horizontal gene transfer in bacteria?

What is the primary mechanism of horizontal gene transfer in bacteria?

Step 1: Understand that horizontal gene transfer is a way bacteria can share genetic material with each other.
Step 2: Learn about the three main methods of horizontal gene transfer: transformation, transduction, and conjugation.
Step 3: Transformation is when bacteria take up DNA from their environment.
Step 4: Transduction is when a virus transfers DNA from one bacterium to another.
Step 5: Conjugation is when two bacteria connect and transfer DNA directly between them.
Step 6: Since all three methods allow bacteria to share genes, the answer to the question is 'All of the above'.

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