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Where did tonsillitis originate?
Tonsillitis is caused by bacteria that infect the tonsils. Since there are so many different types of bacteria that can cause tonsillitis, there is no way to know how it originated.
What are the viruses the infect bacteria called?
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria.
Why can bacteria infect your cells but you cant infect the bacteria?
Part of the reason is the difference in size. Another is that we consume bacteria but not actually infect them. It is a matter of terminology.
What is a bacteria that infects bacteria called?
Bacteria do not infect other bacteria, but they can attack them.
What virus infect bacteria?
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria. These viruses inject their genetic material into a bacterium, which then uses the bacterium's machinery to produce more phages. This eventually leads to the lysis of the bacterium and release of new phages to infect other bacteria.
What job do the tonsils do?
All they do is fight bacteria
What type of virus infect bacteria?
Bacteriophage
What do bacteriophage infect?
bacteria only
How do bacteria differ from the cells of the organism they infect?
Bacteria are unicellular. The cells of the organism they infect are, quite often, part of a multicellular organism.
Viruses that infect bacteria are called?
the virus that infects bacteria is bacteriophage
Do viruses only infect only animals?
No, they dont, they can infect plants and bacteria too.
Which structures in the tonsils trap bacteria and other foreign material?
The tonsils primarily trap bacteria and other foreign material through their crypts, which are deep crevices that can collect debris. The tonsils also contain lymphoid tissue, specifically lymphocytes, which help to detect and respond to pathogens that are trapped in the tonsils.
