Methods of Sexual Reproduction in Bacteria
The following points highlight the three methods of Sexual Reproduction (Para Sexuality) in Bacteria. The methods are: 1. Conjugation 2. Transformation 3. Transduction. Method # 1. Conjugation: It was first discovered in Escherichia coli by Lederberg and Tatum (1946). They found that two different types of auxotroph (nutritional mutants) grown together on minimal medium produced an occasional prototroph (wild type). [...]