The typical step in the lytic cycle of viral replication among the options provided is:
Assembly of new virus particles on the cell membrane of the host cell.
In the lytic cycle, after the virus has injected its genetic material into the host cell and taken over the host's cellular machinery, it will replicate and assemble new virus particles before causing the host cell to lyse (burst), releasing the new viruses.
The other options describe processes that are not part of the lytic cycle:
- Integration of viral genetic material is characteristic of the lysogenic cycle, not the lytic cycle.
- Host cell undergoes mitosis refers to normal cellular division, which is not a step in viral replication.
- Production of energy through cellular respiration is a general cellular process and not specific to viral replication.
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