Self Quiz for Bacteriophage Life Cycles: The Lysogenic Life Cycle

Study the material in this section and then write out the answers to these questions.
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1. Describe how the lysogenic life cycle of temperate bacteriophages differs from the lytic life cycle of lytic bacteriophages. (ans)

2. What is spontaneous induction as it relates to the lysogenic life cycle? (ans)

3. When a bacteriophage inserts its DNA into the DNA of the host bacterium, this form of the virus is called a ________________. (ans)

4. The host bacterium for a bacteriophage is called a ________________. (ans)

5. A virus capable of the lysogenic life cycle is called a __________________. (ans)

6. Multiple Choice (ans)

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