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1. Conjugation is the process by which bacteria exchange genetic material through direct cell-to-cell contact. 2. Joshua Lederberg and Edward Tatum discovered conjugation in 1946 while studying genetic recombination in E. coli. They found that mixing two auxotrophic strains could generate prototrophic colonies, indicating gene transfer. 3. Bernard Davis showed that direct physical contact is required for conjugation by demonstrating that it did not occur when strains were separated by a filter.
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