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How can bacterial DNA be released from the bacterial cell for biotechnology experiments?

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Bacterial DNA can be released from the bacterial cell by breaking the cell open or treating with the lysosome and also we can make the cell competent by microinjection or by applying biolistics or gene gun method.

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