Practice mode Acellular Life (Viruses)

How is a prophage passed on to new bacterial cells?

Correct answer A. It is replicated with the bacterial chromosome at each cell division

Explanation

Because the prophage is part of the bacterial chromosome, every daughter cell inherits a copy when the chromosome is replicated before binary fission.

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