NEET 2002 Biology question

Transformation experiment was first performed on which bacteria : -

(1)E. coli
(2)Diplococcus pneumoniaeCorrect
(3)Salmonella
(4)Pasteurella pestis

Answer: (2)

Solution

In 1928 Frederick Griffith performed the transformation experiment on Diplococcus (Streptococcus) pneumoniae: heat-killed virulent S-strain, which could not cause disease alone, transformed live non-virulent R-strain

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