The results of the experiments that I actually completed probably wouldn’t have changed except for the appearance of the plaques, which would be cloudier rather than clear, and the results of potential PCR’s and electron microscopies would change in that they would bear more resemblance to the results of experiments performed on other temperate phages rather than those performed on other lytic phages.
Destroying their host is, broadly speaking, just what phage have been programmed to do by their DNA. I am sorry that I don’t have a better answer, but the truth is that I don’t understand all of the inner workings of phage outside of those that are useful to humans.
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How would this experiment have gone differently had you used a temperate phage rather than a lytic one?
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The results of the experiments that I actually completed probably wouldn’t have changed except for the appearance of the plaques, which would be cloudier rather than clear, and the results of potential PCR’s and electron microscopies would change in that they would bear more resemblance to the results of experiments performed on other temperate phages rather than those performed on other lytic phages.
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What could cause a temperate phage to destroy its host?
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Temperate phages destroy their hosts when they transition from the lytic lifecycle into the lysogenic lifecycle.
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Do you think your phage could be a good potential candidate for phage therapy in the future?
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I do, however that’s more so because of sheer optimism than it is genuine scientific knowledge.
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What causes the phage to destroy the host?
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Destroying their host is, broadly speaking, just what phage have been programmed to do by their DNA. I am sorry that I don’t have a better answer, but the truth is that I don’t understand all of the inner workings of phage outside of those that are useful to humans.
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