What is the name for a virus that infects a bacterial cell?

Sourav PanDecember 7, 2024

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A virus that infects a bacterial cell is called a bacteriophage or phage. Bacteriophages specifically target bacteria, inject their genetic material into the host, and use the bacterial machinery to replicate and produce new phages. The host bacterium is often destroyed in the process, releasing new phages to infect other bacterial cells.

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