The phage enters into one of two distinct lifestyles: virulent or temperate. During a virulent lifestyle a phage infects a bacteria, its genome is replicated many times and the newly created copies are released into the surrounding environment through lysis, extrusion or budding. In contrast during a temperate lifestyle, a phage infects a bacteria and either integrates its DNA into the bacterial genome or re-circularizes its DNA into a stable plasmid. The temperate phage will live in this semi-stable lifestyle as a prophage as the host bacteria continues to grow and divide (Katelyn McNair et al 2012).
Screen phages that specifically lyse bacteria to construct a comprehensive phage library
Discuss the evolutionary relationship of phages through precise phage taxonomy.