Question

What kind of bacteriophages carry out specialized transduction?

Answer 1

Specialised transduction:

1. It is a form of gene transfer that takes place in bacteriophages.
2. Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria.
3. Temperate phages like lambda phage carry out specialised transduction.
4. Specialised transduction occurs through lysogenic cycles when the virus forms a prophage because of having double stranded genome in themselves.
5. In the specialised transduction virus carries only the specific part of the bacterial genome and transfers it to another bacteria by infection.