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In the lytic cycle, how does the virus cause
the host cell to die?
By taking over the bacterial cell and making it produce viral DNA
and protein.
By becoming part of the host DNA.
By damaging the cell membrane as it injects viral DNA into the
host celL.

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Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

A virus, or phage, will go into a cell and inject instructions for it to start reproducing more viruses. Once the cell is full of viruses, they trigger the cell's 'self destruct' and burst out to go to other cells and rapidly reproduce exponintially.

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