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  2. Bacteriophage - Wikipedia

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    A bacteriophage (/ b æ k ˈ t ɪər i oʊ f eɪ dʒ /), also known informally as a phage (/ ˈ f eɪ dʒ /), is a virus that infects and replicates within bacteria and archaea. The term is derived from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phagein) 'to devour' and bacteria .

  3. Phage therapy - Wikipedia

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    Bacteriophages are bacterial viruses, evolved to infect bacterial cells. To do that, phages must use characteristic structures at cell surfaces (receptors), and to propagate they need appropriate molecular tools inside the cells. Bacteria are prokaryotes, and their cells differ substantially from eukaryotes, including humans or animals. [113]

  4. Virophage - Wikipedia

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    Virophages need to have a co-infecting virus in order for them to replicate. The virophages do not have the necessary enzymes to replicate on their own. Virophages use the giant viral replication machinery to replicate their own genomes and continue their existence. The host range for virophages include giant viruses with double stranded DNA ...

  5. Viruses and bacteria have similarities, but the ways we ... - AOL

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    A virus is simpler. It’s just genetic material wrapped in proteins. Researchers debate whether viruses are even a living organism, as they can’t reproduce on their own.

  6. Lytic cycle - Wikipedia

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    The lytic cycle (/ ˈ l ɪ t ɪ k / LIT-ik) is one of the two cycles of viral reproduction (referring to bacterial viruses or bacteriophages), the other being the lysogenic cycle. The lytic cycle results in the destruction of the infected cell and its membrane.

  7. ‘Vampire viruses’ discovered for first time on US soil - AOL

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    These particular viruses are caused when a bacteriophage latches onto a soil-based virus’s neck and uses its “life” to survive on its own. ... They said whilst the vampire species can kill ...

  8. Lysogenic cycle - Wikipedia

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    The herpes virus can then exit this dormant stage and re-enter the lytic cycle, causing disease symptoms. Thus, while herpes viruses can enter both the lytic and lysogenic cycles, latency allows the virus to survive and evade detection by the immune system due to low viral gene expression. The model organism for studying lysogeny is the lambda ...

  9. Lambda phage - Wikipedia

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    Bacteriophage Lambda Structure at Atomic Resolution [1] Enterobacteria phage λ (lambda phage, coliphage λ, officially Escherichia virus Lambda) is a bacterial virus, or bacteriophage, that infects the bacterial species Escherichia coli (E. coli). It was discovered by Esther Lederberg in 1950. [2]