A bacteriophage is a type of virus that infects ... This process is known as transduction.

Bacteriophage (phage) are obligate intracellular viruses that specifically infect ... If they then infect a new host cell, they may transport bacterial genes from one strain to another in a process ...

Prokaryotes, which include bacteria and single-celled microorganisms called Archaea, usually pass their chromosomal DNA on to their offspring asexually. In other words, a bacterial cell reproduces ...