Virus attacking blue-green algae is known as ______________.

Cyanophage

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Coliphage

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Bacteriophage

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Zoophage

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Solution

The correct option is A Cyanophage
Cyanophages are viruses that infect blue-green algae or cyanobacteria. Example - LPP-1 that infects the blue-green alga Plectonema boryanum.

Thus, the correct answer is (A).

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