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Phage Multiplication Cycles: Lytic and Lysogenic Phages, Schemes and Mind Maps of Cell Biology

The differences between lytic and lysogenic phages, their multiplication cycles, and the significance of lysogeny. Lytic phages are virulent and can only multiply on bacteria, killing the cell through lysis. In contrast, lysogenic phages can either multiply via the lytic cycle or enter a quiescent state in the cell, where most of the phage genes are not transcribed. The document also discusses the events leading to lysogeny, such as circularization of the phage chromosome, site-specific recombination, and repression of the phage genome.

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LYTIC AND LYSOGENIC CYCLES - PHAGE MULTIPLICATION CYCLE
A. Definition - Lytic or virulent phages are phages which can only multiply on bacteria and kill
the cell by lysis at the end of the life cycle.
Lytic or Virulent Phages
a. Eclipse period - During the eclipse phase, no infectious phage particles can be found either
inside or outside the bacterial cell. The phage nucleic acid takes over the host biosynthetic
machinery and phage specified m-RNA's and proteins are made. There is an orderly expression
of phage directed macromolecular synthesis, just as one sees in animal virus infections. Early
m-RNA's code for early proteins which are needed for phage DNA synthesis and for shutting off
host DNA, RNA and protein biosynthesis. In some cases the early proteins actually degrade the
host chromosome. After phage DNA is made late m-RNA's and late proteins are made. The late
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LYTIC AND LYSOGENIC CYCLES - PHAGE MULTIPLICATION CYCLE

A. Definition - Lytic or virulent phages are phages which can only multiply on bacteria and kill the cell by lysis at the end of the life cycle. Lytic or Virulent Phages a. Eclipse period - During the eclipse phase, no infectious phage particles can be found either inside or outside the bacterial cell. The phage nucleic acid takes over the host biosynthetic machinery and phage specified m-RNA's and proteins are made. There is an orderly expression of phage directed macromolecular synthesis, just as one sees in animal virus infections. Early m-RNA's code for early proteins which are needed for phage DNA synthesis and for shutting off host DNA, RNA and protein biosynthesis. In some cases the early proteins actually degrade the host chromosome. After phage DNA is made late m-RNA's and late proteins are made. The late

proteins are the structural proteins that comprise the phage as well as the proteins needed for lysis of the bacterial cell. b. Intracellular Accumulation Phase - In this phase the nucleic acid and structural proteins that have been made are assembled and infectious phage particles accumulate within the cell. c. Lysis and Release Phase - After a while the bacteria begin to lyse due to the accumulation of the phage lysis protein and intracellular phage are released into the medium. The number of particles released per infected bacteria may be as high as 1000. Assay for Lytic Phage a. Plaque assay - Lytic phage are enumerated by a plaque assay. A plaque is a clear area which results from the lysis of bacteria. Each plaque arises from a single infectious phage. The infectious particle that gives rise to a plaque is called a pfu (plaque forming unit). B. Lysogenic or Temperate Phage

1. Definition - Lysogenic or temperate phages are those that can either multiply via the lytic cycle or enter a quiescent state in the cell. In this quiescent state most of the phage genes are

of lysogeny. Environmental conditions that favor the production of cro will lead to the lytic cycle while those that favor the production of the repressor will favor lysogeny.

5. Significance of Lysogeny a. Model for animal virus transformation - Lysogeny is a model system for virus transformation of animal cells b. Lysogenic conversion - When a cell becomes lysogenized, occasionally extra genes carried by the phage get expressed in the cell. These genes can change the properties of the bacterial cell. This process is called lysogenic or phage conversion. This can be of significance clinically. e.g. Lysogenic phages have been shown to carry genes that can modify the Salmonella O antigen, which is one of the major antigens to which the immune response is

directed. Toxin production by Corynebacterium diphtheriae is mediated by a gene carried by a phage. Only those strain that have been converted by lysogeny are pathogenic.