부산대학교 도서관

Bacterial transduction was first recognized as a cellular transformation phenomenon in 1952. Prior to this, investigators were studying interstrain crosses of bacterial strains. When Harriett Ephrussi-Taylor introduced the concept of a phage producing bacterial transformation, researchers of interstrain crosses were provided with a new framework within which to base their studies. At a symposium of the Society of American Bacteriologists, the novel idea of bacterial transduction was introduced. A few years later, that concept has become classical.