Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321918550
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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The replication steps of the bacteriophages.

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The viruses that invade the bacterial cell are termed as bacteriophages. The most common known bacteriophages are T4 bacteriophages. These bacteriophages have a complex icosahedral head that contains the genetic material and tail-fiber like a hypodermic needle, through which they infect the bacteria with their genome.

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