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It is a destructive virus that rewrites itself and is an executable program with its own code. It usually destroys the program it infects.

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A virus that reproduces in a bacterium is called?

phage


Is there a vaccine for The Enterobacteria Phage T4 virus?

No, there is currently no vaccine for the Enterobacteria Phage T4 virus. This virus infects bacteria, not humans, so it is not a target for vaccine development.


Is the T2 phage virus polyhedral or helical?

polyhedral


What is a virus that inflects bacteria?

Phage or bacteriophage infects bacteria.


How does the reproduction of HIV and lambda phage differ?

The Lambda Phage bacterial virus replicates itself whilst the HIV virus binds itself to existing cells and damages them. Lamba Phage increases with a "lysogenic" cycle, whilst the increase of HIV is known as "Lytic".


How does the size of a virus compare with the size of a bacterium?

A virus is much much much smaller then a bacterium. Virus called phage can infect bacteria.


What does the prefix phage mean?

phage basically means ''eater'' in case of bacteriophage it means bacteria eater


A virus that reprduces in a bacterium is called a?

bacteriophage (literally, phage = eat, bacterio = bacteria)


Does a computer with no display have a virus?

Every computer could have a virus but if you use your computer carefully it can be impossible for the virus to come to your computer.


Is the phage virus harmful to humans?

NO because it's tail fibers will allow it to land only on certain a kind of bacteria and not on human cells.


What is the difference between a virulent phage and a temperate phage?

In virology, temperate refers to the life cycle some phages are able to perform. Atemperate phage can integrate its genome into its host bacterium's chromosome, becoming a lysogen known as a prophage. A temperate phage is also able to undergo lytic life cycles, where the prophage is expressed, replicates the phage genome and produces phage progeny and the progeny phage leave the bacterium. The virulent phages have only lytic lifecycles and thus infection results in the host cell's death (due to lytic cell destruction-the phage replicates itself and then bursts the cell, releasing many copies).


What are discussion forums which focus on computer virus issues called?

Virus-L and computer virus are discussions forums which focus on computer virus issues