What is a bacteriophage?

Practice Questions

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What is a bacteriophage?
  1. A type of bacteria
  2. A virus that infects bacteria
  3. A fungal organism
  4. A type of antibiotic

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

What is a bacteriophage?
  • Step 1: Understand that a bacteriophage is a type of virus.
  • Step 2: Learn that viruses are tiny infectious agents that can only replicate inside a living host.
  • Step 3: Know that bacteriophages specifically target bacteria, which are single-celled microorganisms.
  • Step 4: Realize that when a bacteriophage infects a bacterium, it injects its genetic material into the bacterium.
  • Step 5: Understand that the bacterium then uses this genetic material to make more copies of the bacteriophage.
  • Step 6: Finally, the bacteriophage causes the bacterium to burst, releasing new bacteriophages to infect other bacteria.
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