Temperate Phages are Those That Can Enter Either the ________

Question

Temperate phages are those that can enter either the ________ or ________ cycle.
A) lytic; lysogenic
B) virulent; avirulent
C) functional; nonfunctional
D) former; nonformer
E) complementing; competing

Accepted Answer

Temperate phages have the ability to choose between completing the lytic cycle, in which they destroy the host cell, or the lysogenic cycle, in which they integrate their DNA into the host genome and are replicated as the host cell divides.