alleryStart learning →Uptake of free DNA from the surroundings by a bacterium is called
Atransformation
Btransduction
Cconjugation
Dtranslation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. transformation
Taking up exogenous DNA from the environment is transformation.
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