Treatment of an avirulent strain of Trichomonas gallinae with a cellfree homogenate of a virulent strain resulted in enhanced virulence as evidenced by the size of lesions produced in mice. Addition of deoxyribonuclease to the homogenate cell mixture blocked the transformation.

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