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In bacteria, character like resistance to antibiotics is conferred by

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genomic DNA
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plasmid DNA
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mesosome
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both a and b
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Solution

The correct option is B plasmid DNA
In many bacteria, apart from genomic DNA, they also have small circular DNA. These smaller DNA are called plasmids. The plasmid DNA confers certain unique characters to such bacteria like resistance to antibiotics.

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