Which new phenomenon did griffith focus on during his work with pneumonia-causing bacteria and mice?

when Griffith was experimenting with pneumonia-causing bacteria he discovered that when two cultures were mixed, somehow the harmless bacteria changed, and that organism contained information that could be passed on to another organism.

and the phenomenon is stated right there in the answer

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b, acidosis

acidosis is when the human body attempts to return the bloods ph levels back to normal when the blood is acidic