Diphtheria is a disease produced by Corynebacterium diphther…
Diphtheria is a disease produced by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. However, not all C. diphtheriae bacteria produce the toxin that causes this disease. To produce the toxin, the bacteria must first become infected with a bacteriophage. The process by which bacterial genes are transferred to new bacteria by the bacteriophage is called