Which of the following statements about bacteria is NOT correct? Bacteria usually have circular chromosomes Bacteria usually have more than one chromosome Bacteria often have plasmids Bacterial DNA is packaged into a nucleoid Bacteria have little non-coding DNA
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Which of the following statements about bacteria is NOT correct? Bacteria usually have circular chromosomes Bacteria usually have more than one chromosome Bacteria often have plasmids Bacterial DNA is packaged into a nucleoid Bacteria have little non-coding DNA
Solution
The statement "Bacteria usually have more than one chromosome" is NOT correct. Most bacteria have a single circular chromosome. However, they can also contain small, circular DNA molecules known as plasmids.
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