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No. A bacteriophage is a virus that attacks bacteria.

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What is a bacteriophage?

A bacteriophage is a kind of virus that infects and kills bacteria.a virus that attacks bacteria


What best describes a bacteriophage?

A virus that attacks bacteria. -APEX Learning


What type of disease does the t4 virus cause?

This type of virus is a bacteriophage. It attacks bacteria. The T4 bacteriophage attacks E. coli.


What shape are viruses that attack bacteria?

A virus that attacks bacteria is called a "Bacteriophage"


What is the best known bacteriophage and what virus does it attack?

Bacteriophages ARE viruses that attack bacteria, making this question invalid. But if they meant to say "what bacteria does it attack?" then I would say T4 and E. Coli


What is a bactriophage?

A bacteriophage is a virus that infects and replicates within bacteria. It injects its genetic material into a bacterial cell, taking over the cell's machinery to produce more virus particles. Bacteriophages are being studied for their potential use in treating bacterial infections as an alternative to antibiotics.


Is a virus that infects bacteria called bacteriophage?

bacteriophage


A virus that infects a bacteria is known as a?

The type of virus that infects a bacteria is called a bacteriophage. An example of such a bacteriophage is the T3 bacteriophage.


A virus that attacks and destroys bacteria is called?

A bacteriophage. Bacteriophages are viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria by injecting their genetic material into the bacterial cell, ultimately causing the cell to burst and release more phages to infect other bacteria.


When viruses infect bacteria what is it called?

A bacteriophage


What is a virus that infects the bacteria called?

Bacteriophage


What is another name for a bacteriophage?

You can break the word into: Bacterio+Phagein Bacterio=Bacteria Phagein(greek)=to eat Bacteriophages are viruses that consume bacteria. ie. Their host cells are bacteria.