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They are less complex and their genomes are easily manipulated. The plasmids in bacteria provide an oppertunity for simple genetic recombination exercises. Bacteria can be easily made to be lab dependent so that if an accidental release occured there would be no contamination because the bacteria can not live outside the lab environment.

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