and protection of phage DNA within bacterial spores.

Temperate phages are those that have the ability to enter an inactive prophage stage. This type of phage is capable of establishing a lysogenic cycle of infection, in which the virus can remain dormant and incorporated into the host genome. These phage genomes may remain in the host genome as prophages for extended periods of …

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