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
Propey of acquiring antibiotic resistance from the viral colony is by - 
Select and explain. 
A. Transferance, B. Conjunction, C. Transduction, D. Mutation
C: Transduction
Answer: C: Transduction 
Explanation: TRANSDUCTION: the transfer of a poion of the DNA from one bacterium to another by a bacteriophage is known as transduction. bacteriophages are viruses that parasitize 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 recipient cells acquire new characteristic coded by the donor DNA REF:Ananthanarayan and Panicker's Textbook ofMicrobiology 8thEdition pg no:63