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Phage Genomics and Structural Enigma
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  • 1. Virus family of tailed bacteriophages
  • 3. Process of viral genome release post-entry
  • 4. Integrated phage genome in bacterial DNA
  • 9. Phages with contractile tails of notorious complexity
  • 12. Describes transient lytic infection cycles
  • 13. Dormant viral state embedding host genome
  • 17. Membrane protein forming pores for endolysin access
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  • 2. Horizontal gene transfer mediated by phages
  • 5. Protein shell enclosing viral nucleic acid
  • 6. Defective prophage unable to produce virions
  • 7. Virus specifically infecting prokaryotic hosts
  • 8. Mobile DNA segment often acquired via phages
  • 10. Enzyme slicing bacterial peptidoglycan from within
  • 11. Phage attachment apparatus sensing bacterial surface
  • 14. Collective viral population within microbiomes
  • 15. Term for tiny phages with minimalist genomes
  • 16. Phage structure controlling genome ejection timing
  • 18. Model coliphage with complex contractile tail
  • 19. Cell destruction event triggering phage release
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