The lytic cycle of bacteriophages involves a virus injecting its genetic material into a host cell. The virus then utilizes the host's cellular machinery to replicate its genetic material and produce new viral components. Eventually, these new viruses assemble and cause the host cell to burst, releasing the newly formed viruses to infect other cells.
Summarize the lytic cycle.
10.7A: The Lytic Life Cycle of Bacteriophages - Biology LibreTexts
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The viral DNA incorporates itself with the host cell’s and replicates whenever the host cell replicates itself.
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A virus lays eggs on the host cell’s protein coat, which then hatch and move on to infect other cells.
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A virus copies its own genetic material and then splits its cell membranes in half to form two identical viruses.
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A virus injects its genetic material into the host cell, copies itself using the host's structures and resources, and then forms new viruses that burst out of the host cell.
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