The Living World Question 186

Question: The virus responsible for lysogenic growth cycle is

Options:

A) Cyanophage

B) T2 phage

C) l phage

D) All the above

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

Lysogenic cycle is the reproductive cycle of a temperate, nonvirulent phage (like l phage) which has the potential to lyse the host cell but normally involves integration of viral genome with host DNA and multiplication of the same alongwith the host cell.