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Give an example of a bacteriophage that is lysogenic.


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Lysogenic bacteriophage:

  1. A lysogenic bacteriophage is a virus that infects bacterial cells.
  2. It incorporates its DNA into the host cell's DNA to become a non-infectious phage known as prophage.
  3. A lysogenic phage is a temperate bacteriophage.

Example:

  1. The lambda virus (λ) is an example of a lysogenic bacteriophage.
  2. The E.coli bacteria also get infected by the lambda virus.
  3. Viruses that infect animal or plant cells can have infections where they don't produce virions for prolonged periods of time.

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