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A bacteriophage is the type of virus that invades bacteria.
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Microscopic particle that invades a cell and destroys it?
It is called a virus.
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.
What are viruses that infect bacteria called?
the virus that infects bacteria is bacteriophage
What is a virus that reproduces in a bacterium called?
A bacteriaphage (literally bacteria eater) is a virus that reproduces in a bacterium.
How does a virus attatch to a host cell?
It doesn't exactly attach to it, it kind of invades the other cell. Think of the virus eating the host.
What type of the virus invades bacteria?
The general class of these viruses are called bacteriophages. " Bacteria eaters. "
Can bacteria get a viris?
yes bacteria can get a virus. A virus is a pathogen that invades the host cell, changing the make up the bacteria.
What type of virus invades bacteria?
Bacteriophages are viruses which invade bacteria. The word means "bacteria eater".
Microscopic particle that invades a cell and destroys it?
It is called a virus.
What do you call that a virus invades?
A virus which invades a cell can be said to be virulent. One that causes the host cell to immediately produce virus' particles and lose it's ability to live is said to be a lytic virus. A virus that remains "silent" for awhile is called a lysogenic virus.
A virus that infects bacteria?
A virus that infects bacteria is called a bacteriophage
What is a nonliving particle that invades a cell?
a virus
Is pneumonia caused by a virus or bacteria?
a bacteria. the bacteria that causes pneumonia is called pneumoniae.
What bacteria is variola virus?
Variola is a virus called small pox and it is not a bacteria,
What is a disease producing agent especially a virus or bacterium called?
A micro-organism, such as a bacterium, a virus or a fungus, that invades a host and causes a disease is called a pathogen.
What is bactrerium virus?
This virus that kills bacteria are called bacteriophage. That means bacteria eater.
What is the structural difference between a virus or bacteria?
Bacteria are living cells -- cell membrane and all that cell stuff. A virus doesn't own it's own cell; it invades a cell and takes over, using the host cell to make more viruses.
