Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2014

  • question_answer
    Virus that infect a bacteria, multiply and cause their lysis, are termed as

    A) lytic                                          

    B) lysogenic

    C) lipolytic                   

    D) lysozymes              

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    When bacteriophage infect a bacterium, it entirely depends upon the host for its multiplication. It utilise the host machinery for replication and produce a large number of progeny (phage particles). The bacterial cell undergo lysis and dies to liberate a large number of these phage particles which are ready to start another cycle by infecting new bacterial cell. This cycle is called as lytic cycle.


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