met
) and biotin (bio
) to grow;
auxotroph B needs threonine (thr
), leucine (leu
),
and thiamine (thi
); both require supplemented
media.
Lederberg
and
Tatum
(Nobel 1958) mixed the two strains and plated them on
minimal
medium and recovered
wild-type prototrophs, indicating recombination had occurred.