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What is a phage?
A virus that infects bacteria.
The word phage comes from the Greek and means to eat or ingest. There are different types of phages, each quite specific to a particular bacteria. Phage technology...
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What does phage do?
The intoxication destroys healthy tissue in the upper area of the throat around the tonsils, or in open wounds in the skin. Fluid from the dying cells then coagulates to form the telltale gray or...
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What does virulent mean?
marked by rapid, severe, and destructive course. able to overcome bodily defensive mechanisms
extremely poisonous or venomous, actively poisonous
full of malice
objectionably harsh or strong
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When a phage attaches to a bacterium the phage injects?
b. It's DNA and its body stays attached
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What are temperate phages?
A phage that can enter into lysogeny with its host. A phage that can become a prophage.