Tad pilus-mediated twitching motility is essential for DNA uptake and survival of Liberibacters | PLOS ONE
![SOLVED: In Transformation bacteria take up naked DNA from the environment around them and integrate it into their chromosomes: In Conjugation one bacterium reaches out with a pilus and pulls its neighbor SOLVED: In Transformation bacteria take up naked DNA from the environment around them and integrate it into their chromosomes: In Conjugation one bacterium reaches out with a pilus and pulls its neighbor](https://cdn.numerade.com/ask_images/d74e720f40544524b77a0de07661d251.jpg)
SOLVED: In Transformation bacteria take up naked DNA from the environment around them and integrate it into their chromosomes: In Conjugation one bacterium reaches out with a pilus and pulls its neighbor
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