Difference between lytic and lysogenic cycles in bacteriophage:
Lytic: results in immediate death of the host
Lysogenic: virus becomes part of the host genome
What is a bacteriophage?
Viruses that infect bacteria.
TSEs
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
Diseases include: scrapies in sheep, bovine spongiform encephalopathy or ‘mad cow’ disease, kuru, CJD and vCJD
BSE
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
What are prions;
Infectious particles that do not seem to contain any nucleic acid.
Prions are the causative agents of:
TSEs