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F plasmidplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigF: “F” can have several different related definitions:
* An F plasmid is a type of naturally occurring low copy number plasmid in E. coli that can move from one host cell to another via conjugation, a type of sex in bacteria (“F” stands for fertility). F plasmids: a type of naturally occurring plasmidplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigPlasmid: a circular episome found in bacteria and yeast. Plasmids are commonly used as cloning vectors. in E. coliplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigEscherichia coli: an enteric bacterium used both as a model organism and as a utility organism in genetics research. E. coli is commonly used to host various cloning vectors, such as plasmids, cosmids, F factors, and bacterial artificiak chromosomes (BACs). that can move from one host cell to another via conjugation, a type of sex in bacteriaplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigBacteria: Single-celled organisms that also utilize DNA and the standard genetic code as all organisms on earth, but unlike eukaryotes do not have intracellular membranes and membrane-bound organelles. In this book we use bacteria and prokaryote interchangeably. (“F” stands for fertility).