Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements accurately describes the lysogenic cycle of lambda (λ) phage?
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A strain of Corynebacterium diphtheriae has been infected by the Phage-beta, and the phage genome has been integrated into the host chromosome. Thus, this Corynebacterium diphtheriae is ______ and the integrated phage genome is a _______.
Some bacterial viruses (lysogenic phages) carry viral DNA that acts like an episome. When a bacterial cell that is infected by a lysogenic phage replicates, what happens to the viral DNA?
Which steps of the lytic and lysogenic cycles are the same?