plasmid
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Introduction
A genetic particle separate from the chromosome of the host cell (generally bacterial). It can replicate & generally confers some survival advantage to the host cell; however, it is not essential to the host cell. It may fit the definition of organism, because it can replicate to preserve its genetic information.
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References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999