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What do bacteriophages do?

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Bacteriophages are viruses that attach to the surface of bacteria and inject viral DNA into the bacteria. Each infected bacterial cell produces multiple copies of the virus which eventually burst from the bacterial cell, killing the host.

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Bacteriophage is an organism which contains characters of both bacteria and virus.
When are bacteriophages?
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What are bacteriophages?
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Are Bacteriophages Pathogens?
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