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Bacteriophages They are viruses that infect bacteria i.e. bacterial viruses (bacteria eater).
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Main items 3-Replication 1-Discovery 2-General characteristics 4-Importance
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Main items 1-Discovery
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Discovery Twort (1915) D“herelle (1917)
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Lytic agent may be a virus Bacteria + solid agar Thermal treatment
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Bacillus dysentrae + solid agar Phenomenon due to bacteriophage
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Main items 1-Discovery 2-General characteristics
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General characteristics 1.Widely distributed. 2.Structure. 3.Symmetry. 4.Nucleic acid. 5.Morphology. 6.Replication. 7.Size 8.Cultivation.
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General characteristics 1.Widely distributed. 2.Structure. 3.Symmetry. 4.Nucleic acid. 5.Morphology. 6.Replication. 7.Size 8.Cultivation.
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General characteristics 1.Widely distributed. 2.Structure. 3.Symmetry. 4.Nucleic acid. 5.Morphology. 6.Replication. 7.Size. 8.Cultivation.
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: Symmetry : 1. Helical 2. Cubic
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General characteristics 1.Widely distributed. 2.Structure. 3.Symmetry. 4.Nucleic acid. 5.Morphology. 6.Replication. 7.Size. 8.Cultivation.
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General characteristics 1.Widely distributed. 2.Structure. 3.Symmetry. 4.Nucleic acid. 5.Morphology. 6.Replication. 7.Size. 8.Cultivation.
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A B C D E F
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General characteristics 1.Widely distributed. 2.Structure. 3.Symmetry. 4.Nucleic acid. 5.Morphology. 6.Replication. 7.Size. 8.Cultivation.
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Replication 1. Virulent (Lytic) 2. Avirulent (lysogenic or temperate)
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General characteristics 1.Widely distributed. 2.Structure. 3.Symmetry. 4.Nucleic acid. 5.Morphology. 6.Replication. 7.Size. 8.Cultivation.
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Main items 3-Replication 1-Discovery 2-General characteristics
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Lytic cycle Replication Penetration Adsorption Assembly Releasing
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Summary of virulent cycle
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Lysogeny cycle Integration Penetration Adsorption Bacterial duplication Spontaneous induction Replication Assembly Releasing
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Mutation of temperate phage to virulent phage Resistant to repressor molecule. Loss repressor molecule production.
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Main items 3-Replication 1-Discovery 2-General characteristics 4-Importance
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Importance Viral research Genetic engineering Viral pathogenicity Medical diagnosis (phage typing by virulent) Medical aspects of lysogeny (lysogenic conversion)
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