Question

Transduction in bacteria was discovered by

• A. Zinder and Lederberg
• B. Herelle and Twort
• C. Wallace and Jacob
• D. Lederberg and Tatum

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Zinder and Lederberg

Answer 2

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.