BHU PMT BHU PMT (Screening) Solved Paper-2008

  • question_answer
    Transduction in bacteria was discovered by

    A)  Zinder and Lederberg

    B)  Wallace and Jacob

    C)  Herelle and Twort

    D)  Lederberg and Tatum

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                     Transduction was first of all reported by N D Zinder and Lederberg (1952) in bacteria Salmonella typhimurium. In this process, DNA of a bacterial cell is transferred into another bacterial cell through bacteriophage a kind of virus, which is parasitic upon bacteria.


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