Question

List the five steps of a lytic viral replication cycle in order

Answer 1

1. Virus attaches to the bacterium

2. Virus injects into the bacterium

3. Viral DNA uses cellular machinery to reproduce itself

4. Compounds of the viral proteins coat are reproduced from genes in the viral DNA

5. Viral particles self assemble into new viruses

6.Viruses burst out, killing the host cell