Structure of bacterial cell and bacteriophage
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Bacteriophage. ... In fact, the word "bacteriophage" literally means "bacteriaeater," because bacteriophages destroy their host cells. All bacteriophages are composed of a nucleic acid molecule that is surrounded by a protein structure. Abacteriophage attaches itself to a susceptible bacterium and infects the host cell.
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A bacteriophage is avirus that infects and replicates within Bacteria and Archaea. The term was derived from "bacteria" and the Greek- to devour.
Bacteriophages are composed of proteins that encapsulate a DNAor RNA genome, and may have relatively simple or elaborate structures. Their genomes may encode as few as four genes, and as many as hundreds of genes. Phages replicate within the bacterium following the injection of their genome into its cytoplasm. Bacteriophages are among the most common and diverse entities in the biosphere.Bacteriophages are ubiquitous viruses, found wherever bacteria exist. It is estimated there are more than 1031 bacteriophages on the planet, more than every other organism on Earth, including bacteria, combined.
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Bacteriophages are composed of proteins that encapsulate a DNAor RNA genome, and may have relatively simple or elaborate structures. Their genomes may encode as few as four genes, and as many as hundreds of genes. Phages replicate within the bacterium following the injection of their genome into its cytoplasm. Bacteriophages are among the most common and diverse entities in the biosphere.Bacteriophages are ubiquitous viruses, found wherever bacteria exist. It is estimated there are more than 1031 bacteriophages on the planet, more than every other organism on Earth, including bacteria, combined.
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