A complete, infectious virus particle outside a host cell is called a ____.
Correct answer A. virion
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Which is the correct order of events in the lytic cycle of a bacteriophage?
Correct answer C. Attachment, penetration, synthesis, assembly, lysis
During infection of E. coli by phage T4, what actually enters the bacterial cell?
Correct answer C. Only the viral DNA
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Which enzyme carried in the tail of phage T4 helps it penetrate the bacterial cell wall?
Correct answer C. Lysozyme
In the lysogenic cycle, phage DNA that has become part of the bacterial chromosome is called a ____.
Correct answer C. prophage