In one Hershey-Chase experiment, bacteriophage nucleic acids were labeled by carrying out an infection of E. coli cells growing in A) ¹⁴C-labeled CO₂. B) ³H-labeled water. C) ³²P-labeled phosphate. D) ³⁵S-labeled sulfate. E) ¹⁸O-labeled water.

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The bacteriophage nucleic acids were labeled with ³²P-labeled phosphate, which allowed for easy separation from the bacterial cells by centrifugation.

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