What would have happened if Avery had added an enzyme that digests it all the nucleus acids in the mixture of heat-killed bacteria added the mixture to harmless bacteria and injected the mixture into mice

a. the harmless bacteria would have been transformed in the mice would have died

b. the harmless bacteria would not have been transformed in the mice would have lived

c. the harmless bacteria would not have been transformed in the mites would have died

d. the harmless bacteria would have been transformed in the mice would have lived

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Eileen Knapp

Biology

23 October, 22:02

What would have happened if Avery had added an enzyme that digests it all the nucleus acids in the mixture of heat-killed bacteria added the mixture to harmless bacteria and injected the mixture into mice

a. the harmless bacteria would have been transformed in the mice would have died

b. the harmless bacteria would not have been transformed in the mice would have lived

c. the harmless bacteria would not have been transformed in the mites would have died

d. the harmless bacteria would have been transformed in the mice would have lived

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Ryker · Answer 1

The answer is most likely B). 'The harmless bacteria would not have been transformed, and the mice would have lived,' because, then bacterium transform, they use the genetic material present in their environment to do so, and when Avery destroyed the nucleotide bases (Genetic material) with an enzyme he destroyed any chances that the bacteria would have had at transforming into the virulent strain.