Bacterial Strains That Can Produce All the Necessary Compounds and Therefore

question 1

Multiple Choice

Bacterial strains that can produce all the necessary compounds and therefore grow on minimal media are called:

• A) autotrophs.
• B) heterotrophs.
• C) prototrophs.
• D) omnitrophs.
• E) auxotrophs.

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Definitions:

Viral Lysogenic Cycle

A mode of viral reproduction that involves the integration of the viral genome into the host cell's DNA, lying dormant before eventually entering the lytic cycle to produce new virions.

Reverse Transcriptase

An enzyme that transcribes RNA into DNA, used by retroviruses to integrate their genetic material into the host's DNA.

Retroviruses

A group of RNA viruses that insert a DNA copy of their genome into the host cell in order to replicate, including HIV.

RNA Viruses

Viruses that have RNA (ribonucleic acid) as their genetic material, capable of causing various diseases by infecting living cells.