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  • Question
  • Contractile sheath of the tail is present in which of the following phages?


  • Options
  • A. T3
  • B. T2
  • C. P22
  • D. All of these

  • Correct Answer
  • T2 


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    • 1. __________ is specifically able to have a long-term relationship with the host known as lysogeny.

    • Options
    • A. Temperate virus
    • B. Adsorbed virus
    • C. RNA phage
    • D. DNA phage
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following is/are synthesized from late mRNA?

    • Options
    • A. Phage structural proteins
    • B. Proteins that help with phage assembly without becoming part of the virion structure
    • C. Proteins involved in cell lysis and phage release
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. The filamentous bacteriopohage infect male E. coli cells by attaching to

    • Options
    • A. lipopolysaccharide
    • B. the cell wall
    • C. the tip of the pilus
    • D. the cell membrane
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which capsid symmetry is exhibited by most of the phages?

    • Options
    • A. Helical
    • B. Icosahedral
    • C. Complex
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following properties is due to lysogenic conversion by phages?

    • Options
    • A. Toxin production in Corynebacterium diphtheriae
    • B. Toxin production in Clostridium botulinum types C and D
    • C. Antigenic variation in Salmonella anatum
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. The procapsid is assembled with the aid of __________ proteins.

    • Options
    • A. ladder
    • B. framing
    • C. scaffolding
    • D. form
    • Discuss
    • 7. One of the first enzymes synthesized by many bacteriophage is __________ , an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.

    • Options
    • A. RNA transcriptase
    • B. RNA polymerase
    • C. RNA ligase
    • D. RNA replicase
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following bacteria can be typed by phage typing method?

    • Options
    • A. Staphylococcus aureus
    • B. Salmonella typhi
    • C. Vibrio cholerae
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. The process by which phage reproduction is initiated in lysogenized culture is called

    • Options
    • A. infection
    • B. integration
    • C. repression
    • D. induction
    • Discuss
    • 10. A bacterial defense mechanism against bacteriophage is called

    • Options
    • A. concatamerization
    • B. polymerization
    • C. restriction
    • D. lysogeny
    • Discuss


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