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Biotechnology : Principles And Processes

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Viral genome incorporated into host DNA is called

  • prophase

  • plasmid

  • prophage

  • bacteriophage

Solution

C.

prophage

After infecting the bacterium, the virus can follow lysogenic cycle in which bacterial DNA is not destroyed, instead the viral DNA is incorporated into it and attached to the bacterial DNA in a specific manner and replicates along with this. Bacteria which carry a provirus are called lysogenic bacteria. In this condition the viral DNA is transmitted to the progeny of bacteria such a virus is known as provirus are prophage.

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