Griffith's experiment worked with two types of pneumococcal bacteria (a rough type and a smooth type) and identified that a "transforming principle" could transform them from one type to another.
At first, bacteriologists suspected the transforming factor was a protein. The "transforming principle" could be precipitated with alcohol, which showed that it was not a carbohydrate. But Avery and McCarty observed that proteases (enzymes that degrade proteins) did not destroy the transforming principle. Neither did lipases (enzymes that digest lipids). Later they found that the transforming substance was made of nucleic acids but ribonuclease (which digests RNA) did not inactivate the substance. By this method, they were able to obtain small amounts of highly purified transforming principle, which they could then analyze through other tests to determine its identity, which corresponded to DNA.
Soil is a mixture of weathered rock and organic material.
Answer: Hereditary carrier or carrier
A hereditary carrier is a person or an organism that has inherited a recessive allele. Alleles are pairs or series of genes on a chromosome that determines hereditary characteristics. Carriers have the genetic trait but do not show the trait or show symptoms of any disease.
The double-helix shape of DNA.
