For each of the following statements about bacterial genetic recombination by phage transduction, answer: “True” or “False”. A phage is a virus that infects bacteria. In recombination by transduction, the bacterial cell that donates the DNA survives and continues to reproduce. A phage that infects several species of bacteria might be able to transfer DNA from one to another. In generalized transduction, the transducing phage carries a random piece of DNA from a donor host cell. A specialized transducing phage transfers specific host DNA sequences along with the phage DNA.