Microbiology: Principles and Explorations 9th Edition

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ISBN 10: 1-11874-316-4
ISBN 13: 978-1-11874-316-4

Chapter 8 - Gene Transfer and Genetic Engineering - Self Quiz - Page 240: 3

Answer

(d) All the above are true.

Work Step by Step

The following are true about the lysogenic cycle of bacteriophages: Lysogeny is the term applied to a temperate phage that does not replicate itself independently and does not lyse the bacterial host cell; Phage DNA is incorporated into the host bacterium’s DNA, at which time it is called a prophage; and temperate phages can be replicated either as a prophage along with bacterial chromosomal replication or can suddenly revert to the lytic cycle by replicating themselves and assembling into new phages.
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