Summarize the lytic cycle.
10.7A: The Lytic Life Cycle of Bacteriophages - Biology LibreTexts
a
A virus lays eggs on the host cell’s protein coat, which then hatch and move on to infect other cells.
b
A virus injects its genetic material into the host cell, copies itself using the host's structures and resources, and then forms new viruses that burst out of the host cell.
c
A virus copies its own genetic material and then splits its cell membranes in half to form two identical viruses.
d
The viral DNA incorporates itself with the host cell’s and replicates whenever the host cell replicates itself.