Who discovered transformation?

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(C) Frederick Griffith discovered the phenomenon of transformation in $1928$ while working with $Streptococcus$ $	ext{pneumoniae}$.He observed that h

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(C) Frederick Griffith discovered the phenomenon of transformation in $1928$ while working with $Streptococcus$ $	ext{pneumoniae}$.He observed that heat-killed virulent bacteria could transform live non-virulent bacteria into virulent ones.This experiment provided the first evidence that there is a 'transforming principle' capable of changing the genetic characteristics of an organism.

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