The discovery of “gene transformation” came from the study of one of the following bacteria?
Correct Answer: Streptococcus pneumoniae
Description: transformation is the transfer of genetic information through the agency of free DNA .it was the first eg of genetic exchange in bacteria to have been discoverd . griffith in 1928 found that mice died when injected with a mixture of live non capsulated pneumococci and heat killed capsulated pneumococci neither of which separately proved fatal REF:Ananthanarayan & Panicker's Textbook of Microbiology 8th edition pg no:63
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