What process is depicted in the following image?

The process of transformation is depicted in the following image.

Explanation:

Transformation can be described as a process in which a recipient cell takes a foreign DNA from the environment into the cell. Hence, the above methods depicts the process of transformation.

It cannot be conjugation because in the method of conjugation exchange of DNA material between bacterial cells takes place.

It cannot be transduction because in the process of transduction, a bacteriophage is used for bringing foreign DNA into the bacterial cell.

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