What is the difference between a bacteriophage and a prophage?

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Alecto · Answer 1 · 2024-09-10T23:55:21+0000

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a bacteriophage is the actual virus that infects the bacteria. A prophage is the genetic information of the virus after it has been inserted and incorporated into the bacterial DNA.

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