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TRANSFERENCE of genetic material between related bacterial species was described by Bracco et al., who reported reciprocal transformation reactions to streptomycin resistance involving Pneumococcus and two strains of viridans Streptococci1. The present investigation was undertaken to determine if the fermentative capacities of Pneumococcus were similarly transferable to Streptococcus viridans.
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DEUTSCH, A. New Fermentation Reactions by Streptococcus viridans stimulated by Transformation with Pneumococcal Deoxyribonucleic Acid. Nature 194, 375–376 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194375a0
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