MEDICINE MCQ
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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Antibiotics
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Antivirals
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Bacteriophages
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Plant Cells
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Detailed explanation-1: -A bacteriophage is a type of virus that infects bacteria. In fact, the word “bacteriophage” literally means “bacteria eater, ‘’ because bacteriophages destroy their host cells. All bacteriophages are composed of a nucleic acid molecule that is surrounded by a protein structure.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bacteriophages-Viruses That Infect Bacteria.
Detailed explanation-3: -A bacteriophage (/bækˈtɪərioʊfeɪdʒ/), also known informally as a phage (/ˈfeɪdʒ/), is a duplodnaviria virus that infects and replicates within bacteria and archaea. The term was derived from “bacteria” and the Greek (phagein), meaning “to devour".
Detailed explanation-4: -bacteriophage, also called phage or bacterial virus, any of a group of viruses that infect bacteria.