Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  1. Bacteriophage genomes are especially mosaic.

  2. Bacteriophages are used in hydrological tracing and modelling in river systems.

  3. Bacteriophages may have a lytic cycle or a lysogenic cycle.

  4. Bacteriophages are composed of glycolipids that encapsulate their genome.

  5. Phages replicate within the bacterium.
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Explanation

Bacteriophages are composed of proteins that encapsulate a DNA or RNA genome and may have relatively simple or elaborate structures. Their genomes may encode as few as four genes and as many as hundreds of genes.

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