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A. They assume that bacteriophages are antidotal to bacteria. | A. They assume that bacteriophages are antidotal to bacteria. | ||
Bacteriophages cause lysis of their bacterial hosts in the final stage of infection – thereby releasing new phage particles to infect other bacterial cells in the population. However, in the natural environment, this state is equilibrial – meaning that only a small proportion of bacterial cells is infected at any one time. Just like only a small proportion of humans is ever infected with the flu virus at any one time (except in a pandemic). | Bacteriophages cause lysis of their bacterial hosts in the final stage of infection – thereby releasing new phage particles to infect other bacterial cells in the population. However, in the natural environment, this state is equilibrial – meaning that only a small proportion of bacterial cells is infected at any one time. Just like only a small proportion of humans is ever infected with the flu virus at any one time (except in a pandemic).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/~sabedon/bgnws011_submission.htm| title = An Expanded Overview of Phage Ecology| publisher = Ohio State University at Mansfield Bacteriophage Ecology Group| author = Stephen T. Abedon| date = January 1, 2002| archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mansfield.ohio-state.edu%2F%7Esabedon%2Fbgnws011_submission.htm&date=2013-07-28| deadurl = no}}</ref> | ||
B. They assume that flies must carry the antidote to the pathogens they carry. | B. They assume that flies must carry the antidote to the pathogens they carry. | ||