Question

How does a virus increase in number? Show only by explanatory diagrams.

Answer 1

Explanation:

A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses can infect all types of life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea

Answer 2

The number of virus increases when a bacterium that has been infected by phage will undergo lysis within 30 minutes and will release about 100 phage particles.

Explanation:

1. After infection, phage DNA forces the host to work for the parasite, so the complete host machinery is utilized for replication of phage particle.
2. The infected cell thus creates new protein subunits for the phage head and tail and also makes additional DNA segments identical to DNA of the invading phage particle.