Griffith wanted to learn how certain types of bacteria produce a serious lung disease know as pneumonia.
No, Frederick Griffith did not receive the Nobel Prize for his work on transformation in bacteria.
Frederick Griffith in 1928
He wanted to learn how and why bacteria got people sick.
Frederick Griffith introduced the Griffith experiment in 1928. This experiment proved that bacteria can carry genetic information through a process called transformation.
Frederick Griffith discovered Transformation doing lab experiments in the 1930's. He initially based his work of Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, and discovered more as he experimented of lab mice.
Frederick Griffith was a British bacteriologist. He discovered that hereditary system of one strain of bacteraia. His experiment showed how bacteria changed its form and function. It is called Griffith's experiment which he carried out in 1928
Frederick Griffith hypothesized that live, harmless bacteria and the heat-killed bacteria were mixed, some factor was transferred from the heat-killed cells into the live cells! it has nothing to do with bats flying thru walls!!
The genetic transformation experiment was done by Frederick Griffith, an English physician. .
The scientists responsible for the discovery of bacterial transformation are Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty. They demonstrated that DNA is the genetic material that carries hereditary information in bacteria.
it's called transformation!! lol
Frederick Griffith (c. 1879 - 1941)
Frederick Griffith's experiment showed that genetic material could be transferred between different strains of bacteria, leading to a change in their characteristics. This transfer of genetic material is known as transformation, which was demonstrated when the nonvirulent strain of bacteria was transformed into a virulent one after being in contact with genetic material from the virulent strain.