Chapter 13, Problem 6MC

Summary Introduction

Introduction:

Phages are the small entities, which cannot be classified in living and nonlivingcategories. Viruses infecting bacteria are called bacteriophages. Phages usually infect their host cell by two mechanisms, namely the lytic cycle and lysogenic cycle. Phages were classified on the basis of morphology and genetic material. Filamentous phages are the type of bacteriophages or viruses of bacteria, which have filamentous or rod-likeshape. Filamentousphages are the single-stranded DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) containing phages, which usually infects Gram-negative bacteria.