Chapter 13, Problem 2CT

Summary Introduction

To answer:

The advantages and disadvantages carried out in the lytic cycle and lysogenic cycle by the bacteriophages.

Introduction:

The viruses that invade the bacterial cell are termed to be 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.