Experiments Conducted in the 1920s by Frederick Griffith Involving the Bacterium

question 17

Short Answer

Experiments conducted in the 1920s by Frederick Griffith involving the bacterium Diplococcus pneumoniae demonstrated that a substance from one bacterial strain could genetically transform other bacterial strains.What was the name of the substance capable of such transformation,and who finally determined its identity?

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