Test: MCAT Biology

44.

Frederick Griffith's experiments showed that formerly harmless IIR bacteria had become deadly in mice. This change took place when the harmless IIR bacteria were exposed to the remains of heat killed IIIS bacteria. Based on this experiment, what was the process that converted the harmless bacteria to a deadly strain?

Binary fission

Mutation

Transduction

Transformation

Conjugation

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