Why do the cells transformed with puc18 and plasmid lux grow in the presence of ampicillin?

The bacterial cells transformed with PUC18 and plasmid lux grow in the presence of ampicillin, because the DNA of bacterial cells had incorporated parts of plasmid DNA and became ampicillin resistant.

Explanation:

The bacteria showing this property is mainly known as Escherichia coli (E. coli). These bacteria cells generally shows no growth in presence of antibiotic like ampicillin. Whereas when these cells are treated with PUC 18 and plasmid lux, then the bacterial DNA undergo certain transformation due to incorporation of strands of DNA of plasmid into them. This transformation make them resistance to ampicillin, when they are cultured in agar media with ampicillin in it.

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cells use diffusion to get substances in and out of themselves. that diffusion will occur across the cell membrane or the outer covering of the cell. because we are talking about the surface of the cell, surface area and volume are  important factors here. as a cell increases in size, its surface area and volume increase as well.  we call that the surface area to volume ratio (sa: vol).  but the catch is that  volume increases at a greater rate than surface  area. in other words, as a cell gets bigger, the sa: vol gets smaller. so a really small cell like bacteria is mostly cell membrane (surface) with very little contents (volume). a really big cell like an egg, is mostly insides with a super thin membrane. so what ends up happening is that the cell cannot efficiently diffuse all of the stuff it needs in/out to survive. therefore cell size is limited to about 100mm. so how do we make organisms bigger than 100mm? cells divide! by dividing and becoming multicellular, organisms are able to grow!   check out the diagrams i attached to see the effect of sa: vol. i hope this ! good luck!