Which type of bacterial reproduction involves the donation of a single strand of plasmid DNA from one bacterial cell to another?

Conjugation is the transfer of DNA directly from one bacterial cell to another, often through a connecting structure called a pilus. In this process, a single strand of plasmid DNA is transferred to the recipient cell. Transformation involves taking up DNA from the environment, while transduction uses a virus to transfer DNA.

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