This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: general microbiology, Subject name: Microbiology
[{'content': 'Virus mediated transfer of host DNA from one cell to another is known as - \nSelect and explain. \nA. Transformation, B. Conjugation, C. Transduction, D. None', 'role': 'user'}, {'content': "Answer: C \nExplanation: TRANSDUCTION: the trannsfer of a poion of the DNA from one bacterium to another by a abactriophage is known as transduction . Bacteriophages are viruses that parasitise the bacteria and consist of a nucleic acid core and a protein coat. A phage paicle may have its core beside its own nucleic acid a segment of host DNA . When this paicle infects another bacterium DNA transfer is effected and the recepient cells acquire new characteristic coded by the donor DNA REF:Ananthanarayan and Panicker's Textbook ofMicrobiology 8thEdition pg no:63", 'role': 'assistant'}]