A Researcher Infects a Bacterium with a Bacteriophage and Notices

question 22

Multiple Choice

A researcher infects a bacterium with a bacteriophage and notices that the infection does not immediately bring about the destruction of the host cell. Instead, the phage's genetic material is copied whenever the host reproduces. Which viral replication cycle is described here?

• A) integration cycle
• B) lysogenic cycle
• C) biosynthetic cycle
• D) lytic cycle
• E) emergence cycle

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