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The bacteriophage attaches to the bacterium's?

cell wall using its tail fibers and injects its genetic material into the bacterium. This genetic material then takes over the bacterium's machinery to replicate more phages.


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 attach to bacteria and inject hereditary material?

Bacteriophages (phages) attach to bacteria and inject their genetic material (either DNA or RNA) into the bacterial cell. This genetic material then takes over the bacterial cell's machinery, forcing it to produce more phages and ultimately leading to the destruction of the bacterium.


Where are bacteriophage formed?

Bacteriophages, or phages, are formed within bacterial cells during the viral replication process. When a bacteriophage infects a bacterium, it hijacks the host's cellular machinery to replicate its own genetic material and produce new phage proteins. Once sufficient new phages are assembled, they typically cause the bacterial cell to lyse, releasing the newly formed phages into the surrounding environment 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.

Related Questions

A bacterium attacked by T2 and T4 phages?

solo


What is a bacterium attacked by T2 and T4 phages?

E-coli


What happens when T2 phages are grown in the presence of radioactive phosphorus?

When T2 phages are grown in the presence of radioactive phosphorus, the phage DNA will incorporate the radioactive phosphorus into its structure during replication. This allows for visualizing the localization of the phage DNA within the infected bacterial cell using autoradiography.


The bacteriophage attaches to the bacterium's?

cell wall using its tail fibers and injects its genetic material into the bacterium. This genetic material then takes over the bacterium's machinery to replicate more phages.


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 is meant by germs even get germed?

Bacteria can be attacked by viruses called bacteriophages or somtimes just 'phages.


What is a virulent phages?

phages of virulent.


What attach to bacteria and inject hereditary material?

Bacteriophages (phages) attach to bacteria and inject their genetic material (either DNA or RNA) into the bacterial cell. This genetic material then takes over the bacterial cell's machinery, forcing it to produce more phages and ultimately leading to the destruction of the bacterium.


When was Phages - EP - created?

Phages - EP - was created in 2006.


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.


What happens to a bacterium after it has been ingested by a white blood cell?

They are attacked by the cells lymphocytes


What do you call a bacteriophage when it is in a lysogenic cycle?

Phages that replicate only via the lytic cycle are known as virulent phages while phages that replicate using both lytic and lysogenic cycles are known as temperate phages.