What can you do to possibly retrieve the gold-making gene from the dead Golden bacteria?

You discover a bacteria species in a deep ocean sample that can turn olive oil into pure gold. The bacteria do not replicate well at sea level, and one night all of your "Golden" bacteria die.

A. Transform a live bacterial strain with the Golden bacteria's DNA.
B. Transduce a live bacterial strain with the Golden bacteria's DNA.
C. Conjugate a live bacterial strain with the Golden bacteria.
D. Transduce the Golden bacteria and then infect a live strain of bacteria with the transducing virus.
E. There is nothing you can do because the cells are dead. You will have to search the ocean and hope to find the elusive bacteria again.


A. Transform a live bacterial strain with the Golden bacteria's DNA.

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