NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The lysogenic cycle, or non-virulent infection, involves the virus assimilating its genome with the host cell’s genome to achieve replication without killing the host.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lysogenic Cycle The virus remains dormant until host conditions deteriorate, perhaps due to depletion of nutrients; then, the endogenous phages (known as prophages) become active. At this point they initiate the reproductive cycle, resulting in lysis of the host cell.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bacteriophages have a lytic or lysogenic cycle. The lytic cycle leads to the death of the host, whereas the lysogenic cycle leads to integration of phage into the host genome. Bacteriophages inject DNA into the host cell, whereas animal viruses enter by endocytosis or membrane fusion.

Detailed explanation-4: -A lysogenic bacteriophage is a virus that infects bacterial cells, but incorporates its DNA into the host cell’s DNA to become a non-infectious phage, called a prophage. Consequently, a lysogenic bacteriophage is sometimes called a temperate bacteriophage, rather than a virulent bacteriophage.