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Sourav PanSeptember 4, 2024

What do you understand by “Temperate Infection”?

What do you understand by “Temperate Infection”?

Sourav Pan
Sourav PanSeptember 4, 2024

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A temperate infection is a type of bacteriophage infection where the phage can enter either a lytic cycle, leading to the destruction of the host cell, or a lysogenic cycle, where the phage’s genome integrates into the host’s DNA and remains dormant. The phage can switch between these cycles in response to environmental conditions.

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