If two different auxotrophic strains are placed in a liquid medium culture tube, prototrophic strains can sometimes be subsequently recovered. Choose the mechanism below that would not allow this genetic change

A) transformation
B) reverse mutation
C) conjugation
D) genetic suppression
E) transduction


Answer: E

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