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Restriction modification systems, CRISPR defense, physical barriers such as the excretion of mucus or formation of complex outer-membrane sugar structures to block phage adsorption, and modifications of phage receptors are just some.

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Can virus get a bacteria?

Yes- Bacterial viruses are called bacteriophages. Some examples are T4 and T7 phages. They are complex DNA viruses that attach themselves to the cell surface and then inject their DNA to the inside of the bacteria. Bacteria have enzymes called restriction enzymes that cleave DNA at specific sites called restriction sites. These enzymes are the bacterium's defense against phages.


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Can two phages infect bacteria at a time?

It can be.in this way we can obtain new phages thah share genes of bpth phages.


How did Hershey and Chase separate the phages from the bacteria?

Blender


What is the material that phages insert into bacteria?

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What attaches to the bacteria and injects the hereditary material?

A bacteriophage. A virus that lands on the bacteria and injects the genetic material. Often, T even phages. ( T-2 and T-4 phages )


Hershey and chase removed the phages from the surface of the bacteria by using?

They tore of the surface of the surfaces of the bacteria with the help of a blender.


Does bacteriophage feed on bacteria?

Yes, that is the meaning of the name " bacteriophage. " " bacteria eater. " Though they hijack the metabolic and replicative process of bacteria to replicate themselves and not actually eat the bacteria.


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.


Why bacteriophage transfer only DNA or RNA into a bacteria but not the protein?

phages can range from 50nm to 200nm.This dimension dont favorizied virused to enty intairlly into their host bacteria.Cell wall of bacteria it is composed of peptidoglycan a glicoprotein that it protect bacteria again enviromental stress and agents.For this reason phages have evolved to inject their genome to the host bacteria.


How are the lytic cycle and lysogenic cycl diffrent?

Phages have lytic or lysogenic cycle to reproduce themself.Phages that have lytic life cycle it kill bacteria after new progenicy of phages are relaset from host bacteria.Phages with lysogenic cyclel it integrate their DNA to the host bacteria.However, when bacteria that carry genetic material of lysogenic phages are posed to stress can switch to the lytitic cycle to produce a new progeny of pahages.


What is meant by germs even get germed?

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