Scenario If You Were Asked to Study the Pattern of Bacterial

question 55

Multiple Choice

Scenario
If you were asked to study the pattern of bacterial growth (increase in numbers over time) during an infection, you would find that numbers of bacteria increase exponentially up to a certain point. Assume that you have been asked to interpret the growth of bacteriophages. You infect the host bacteria and measure the increase of phages over a defined period of time. You plot the results and observe the graph shown here.
-Once viruses are detected, the number of viruses increases rapidly. This is because ________.

• A)lysogeny produces large numbers of bacteriophages
• B)DNA viruses reproduce more rapidly than RNA viruses
• C)the host cell speeds the release process
• D)the viruses lyse the hosts to release mature viruses quickly in a short amount of time

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