Learning Objectives for "Bacteriophage Life Cycles: The Lysogenic Life Cycle"

After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.

1.* Describe the lysogenic life cycle of temperate phages (including spontaneous induction).

2. Define the following:

a. temperate phage
b. lysogen
c. prophage

Think-Pair-Share Questions

Name a human viral infection that has a life cycle equivalent to the lysogenic life cycle of bacteriophages.

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