This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: General, Subject name: Microbiology
Property of acquiring antibiotic resistance from viral colony is by: 
Select and explain. 
A. Transference, B. Conjugation, C. Transduction, D. Mutation
C: Transduction
Answer: C: Transduction 
Explanation: Ans. is 'c' i.e., Transduction (Ref: Ananthanarayan, 9th/e, p. 59 and 8th/e, p. 63, 67, 681)Acquiring antibiotic resistance by viral colony (bacteriophage) is by transduction.