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4 Bacteriophages They are viruses that infect bacteria i.e. bacterial viruses (bacteria eater).

5 Main items 3-Replication 1-Discovery 2-General characteristics 4-Importance

6 Main items 1-Discovery

7 Discovery Twort (1915) D“herelle (1917)

8 Lytic agent may be a virus Bacteria + solid agar Thermal treatment

9 Bacillus dysentrae + solid agar Phenomenon due to bacteriophage

10 Main items 1-Discovery 2-General characteristics

11 General characteristics 1.Widely distributed. 2.Structure. 3.Symmetry. 4.Nucleic acid. 5.Morphology. 6.Replication. 7.Size 8.Cultivation.

12 General characteristics 1.Widely distributed. 2.Structure. 3.Symmetry. 4.Nucleic acid. 5.Morphology. 6.Replication. 7.Size 8.Cultivation.

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14 General characteristics 1.Widely distributed. 2.Structure. 3.Symmetry. 4.Nucleic acid. 5.Morphology. 6.Replication. 7.Size. 8.Cultivation.

15 : Symmetry : 1. Helical 2. Cubic

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24 General characteristics 1.Widely distributed. 2.Structure. 3.Symmetry. 4.Nucleic acid. 5.Morphology. 6.Replication. 7.Size. 8.Cultivation.

25 General characteristics 1.Widely distributed. 2.Structure. 3.Symmetry. 4.Nucleic acid. 5.Morphology. 6.Replication. 7.Size. 8.Cultivation.

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29 General characteristics 1.Widely distributed. 2.Structure. 3.Symmetry. 4.Nucleic acid. 5.Morphology. 6.Replication. 7.Size. 8.Cultivation.

30 Replication 1. Virulent (Lytic) 2. Avirulent (lysogenic or temperate)

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32 General characteristics 1.Widely distributed. 2.Structure. 3.Symmetry. 4.Nucleic acid. 5.Morphology. 6.Replication. 7.Size. 8.Cultivation.

33 Main items 3-Replication 1-Discovery 2-General characteristics

34 Lytic cycle Replication Penetration Adsorption Assembly Releasing

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40 Summary of virulent cycle

41 Lysogeny cycle Integration Penetration Adsorption Bacterial duplication Spontaneous induction Replication Assembly Releasing

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49 Mutation of temperate phage to virulent phage Resistant to repressor molecule. Loss repressor molecule production.

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52 Main items 3-Replication 1-Discovery 2-General characteristics 4-Importance

53 Importance Viral research Genetic engineering Viral pathogenicity Medical diagnosis (phage typing by virulent) Medical aspects of lysogeny (lysogenic conversion)

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