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What will be the state of the mouse that has been injected with the heat killed S-strain from the Staphylococcus pneumoniae?(a) Alive(b) Dead(c) On the verge of dying(d) Lives with pneumoniaI got this question in quiz.This intriguing question comes from The Search for Genetic Material in chapter Molecular Basis of Inheritance of Biology – Class 12

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Right option is (a) Alive

The explanation is: The mouse fed with the S-strain from the STAPHYLOCOCCUS pneumoniae, happens to NATURALLY die. This is on an ACCOUNT that the S-strains are virulent. Under such conditions, the mouse will not be ABLE to survive. But, when the heat killed S-strains from Staphylococcus pneumoniae are injected into the mouse, it will live.



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