As most microbes reproduce asexually, "species" are defined by differences in their DNA sequences. when the genome of soil microbe a is analyzed, long stretches of genes from multiple species of other soil microbial species are discovered. This indicates that the microbes present in the soil underwent transformation and transfection. Transformation, shown in the image, is the process of the prokaryotic nucleus taking up the foreign DNA from other microbes present in the environment. Tranfection is like transformation but for the eukaryotic cells.
A dependent variable is how they are recording, measuring or keeping track of the science experiment their doing.
A independent variable is the things/types there using to compare what is the most/least affective in the experiment.
A controlled variable is something that stays the same in the experiment or a group/set used for comparison
Hi lovely,
The answer you're looking for would be Biosphere.