Bacteriophages Flashcards
1
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bacteriophages are – that exclusively infect bacteria
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DNA viruses
2
Q
a bacteriophage that uses the – immediately activates once in its host to produce viral proteins and replicate viral nucleic acid
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lytic cycle
3
Q
in the – viral DNA injected into the host integrates into the bacterial chromosome
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lysogenic cycle
4
Q
T/F: viral DNA may stay integrated for varying lengths of time
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true
5
Q
each time the bacterial cell divides by binary fission, the progeny receive a copy of the –
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viral genome
6
Q
when new viruses are being packaged in a bacterial host, sometimes portions of the bacterial chromosome get packaged with the –
A
new viruses
7
Q
when viruses mistakenly package bacterial chromosome, they infect new bacterial hosts will viral and bacterial genome
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transduction
