How is viral transduction harnessed in science? What is bacterial transduction? Transduction is one of three forms of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in bacteria, along with transformation and ...

conjugation (prokaryotes) Conjugation is the process by which one bacterium transfers genetic material to another through direct contact.

The major mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in bacteria are natural transformation, conjugation and transduction (phage-mediated transfer of bacterial DNA). In addition to a role in ...