Written by Merel Dagher (PEACE Advisor)
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The correct answer is a. Both lysogenic and lytic cycles are used by bacteriophages. The lysogenic cycle is necessary if the bacteriophage doesn’t have an influx of resources in its environment – therefore it’ll choose to use the bacteria as a place to create new bacteriophages and lyse the host when the environment changes and has more bacterial cells.