Which scientist discovered the transforming principle in bacteria?

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Oswald Avery Frederick Griffith Correct Hershey and Chase Maurice Wilkins

Frederick Griffith discovered the transforming principle in 1928 through his experiments with Streptococcus pneumoniae.

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