When a bacteriophage carrying bacterial DNA infects a new bacterium,
A)the recipient is usually killed.
B)the recipient keeps the transferred DNA in storage but does not replicate it.
C)it transfers bacterial DNA from the donor bacterium to the recipient bacterium.
D)only viral DNA is transferred to the recipient bacterium.

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This process is known as transduction, where a bacteriophage (a virus that infects bacteria) accidentally incorporates bacterial DNA from a previously infected bacterium and transfers it to a new bacterium. This can result in the genetic modification of the recipient bacterium with DNA from the donor bacterium.

When a Bacteriophage Carrying Bacterial DNA Infects a New Bacterium