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Bacteriophage are viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria. They have either a lytic cycle that destroys the host cell or a lysogenic cycle where the viral genome integrates with the host DNA. To infect a host cell, bacteriophages attach to specific receptors on the bacterial surface and then inject their genetic material. The host cell is then forced to produce viral proteins and nucleic acids instead of its own, and new virus particles are assembled and released to infect new bacterial hosts. Bac
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- Gian Andrew
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