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Specialized transduction and its process

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Introduction Specialized transduction can be distinguished from generalized transduction by two properties. Only bacterial genes close to the attachment site of pro-phage can be transduced in this type. It also carries both bacterial genes and phage genes instead of only bacterial genes, like in generalized transduction. So, in specialized transduction certain temperate phage strains can … Read more

Generalized transduction and its process

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Generalized transduction and its process

Introduction Bacteriophages not only infect and kill cells but also sometimes transfer DNA from one cell to another. This process by which foreign DNA is introduced into a cell by a virus or viral vector is called transduction. Phages capable of transduction are called transducing phages. Donor strain is the original bacterial strain in which … Read more