An experiment must be designed that could show that the recombinant bacterium has been transduced or transformed. Introduction: Bacteria can transmit its genetic matter naturally by various mechanisms, one of which is transduction and another one is transformation. Transduction is a technique by which the bacterial genetic material moves one bacterial cell to another via bacteriophages. The transformation is a technique, which takes foreign DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) from its surrounding environment.

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An experiment must be designed that could show that the recombinant bacterium has been transduced or transformed.

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Bacteria can transmit its genetic matter naturally by various mechanisms, one of which is transduction and another one is transformation. Transduction is a technique by which the bacterial genetic material moves one bacterial cell to another via bacteriophages. The transformation is a technique, which takes foreign DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) from its surrounding environment.

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