Bacterial genes

[MedGrl@2022]

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I know that transformation and transduction happen with bacteria... and viruses can implant their DNA into human DNA... but bacterial DNA is not usually implanted into human DNA that would require a virus taking up bacterial DNA and implanting it into the human DNA right?

 

[StIGMA]

I know that transformation and transduction happen with bacteria... and viruses can implant their DNA into human DNA... but bacterial DNA is not usually implanted into human DNA that would require a virus taking up bacterial DNA and implanting it into the human DNA right?

Bacterial viruses (phages) do not infect humans. Human viruses do not infect bacteria. There are different classes of viruses, and they have specific hosts. Bacterial DNA is never naturally implanted into human DNA (the virus that picks up bacterial DNA does not infect humans).

Human viruses can be engineered with bacterial DNA using molecular biology techniques, but this is not typically done.

 

[MedGrl@2022]

Bacterial viruses (phages) do not infect humans. Human viruses do not infect bacteria. There are different classes of viruses, and they have specific hosts. Bacterial DNA is never naturally implanted into human DNA.

Human viruses can be engineered with bacterial DNA using molecular biology techniques, but this is not typically done.

Interesting... I never knew that these viruses were specific between bacteria and humans... I always figured viruses would try to infect any host it could... I suppose it makes sense because certain animals are affected by certain viruses too.