Bacteriophage That Only Exhibit Lytic Replication Cycles are Called __________

Question

Bacteriophage that only exhibit lytic replication cycles are called __________ phages.
A)temperate
B)virulent
C)intemperate
D)lytigate

Accepted Answer

Virulent phages only undergo the lytic cycle, in which the host cell is lysed and the newly replicated phages are released to infect other host cells. Temperate phages can undergo either the lytic or lysogenic cycle, and intemperate phages are a type of temperate phage that always undergo the lytic cycle. Lytigate is not a term used to describe types of phages.