Insertion of vector into a target cell is usually called transformation for bacterial cells. What is bacterial cell here...? is it a vector or a host cell?

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The bacterial cell in which vector containing recombinant DNA is inserted is called host cell.

Vector is the carrier vehicle into which foreign DNA is inserted. For example, plasmid.

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