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    • Diagram of a bacteriophage virus.
    Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 9 November 2008 Size: 35 KB Referencing Hub media

    A bacteriophage virus lives inside a bacterium and uses it to make more of itself. It is made up of genetic material that is covered by protein and has a tail.

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      It doesn’t breathe, it doesn’t eat, it doesn’t excrete, and it doesn’t grow – so it can’t be alive, can it? It hijacks a living cell and uses it to produce so many copies of itself that it bursts ...

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