Multiple Choice
Diphtheria is a disease produced by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.However,not all C.diphtheriae bacteria produce the toxin that causes this disease.To produce the toxin,the bacteria must first become infected with a bacteriophage.The process by which bacterial genes are transferred to new bacteria by the bacteriophage is called:
A) Conjugation
B) Transduction
C) Replication
D) Transformation
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