Phage genome site on bacterial chromosome resulted in the structure
A
Nucleic acid
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B
Heterocyst
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C
Prophage
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D
None of these
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Solution
The correct option is C Prophage
Temperate phage, when enters into bacteria, it does not cause lysis of bacteria.
Phage nucleic acid gets incorporated into the bacterial genome and replicates with it. Phage nucleic acid incorporated into a bacterial genome is called a prophage.
Host of the prophage genes are repressed by two repressor proteins that are the product of phage genes.