The lytic and lysogenic cycles are the two main phases of a virus’ infective lifecycle and route to replication. The lytic cycle, or virulent infection, involves a virus taking control of a host cell ...

Phages exhibit two distinct life cycles in bacteria, a lytic cycle and a lysogenic cycle. During the lytic cycle, phages replicate and progeny particles are released through lysis. By contrast, during ...

Lytic v. Lysogenic Cycles of Bacteriophages. Credit: Michael Buoni via YouTube. Bacteriophage (phage) are obligate intracellular viruses that specifically infect bacteria. They were discovered ...