auxotroph

bacteriophage (phage)

cell clone

colony

conjugation

cotransductant

λ attachment site

donor

double (mixed) infection

double transformation

endogenote

exconjugant

exogenote

F⁺ (donor)

F^- (recipient)

F′ plasmid

fertility factor (F)

generalized transduction

genetic marker

Hfr (high frequency of recombination)

horizontal transmission

insertional mutagenesis

interrupted mating

lysate

lysis

lysogen (lysogenic bacterium)

merozygote

minimal medium

mixed (double) infection

origin (O)

phage

phage recombination

plaque

plasmid

plating

prokaryote

prophage

prototroph

R plasmid

recipient

resistant mutant

rolling circle replication

screen

selective system

specialized transduction

temperate phage

terminus

transduction

transformation

unselected marker

vertical transmission

virulent phage

virus

zygotic induction