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a bacteriophage virus causes infection in bacteria by injecting which of the following? proteins hormones dna lipids
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. Their infection mechanism involves injecting their genetic material into the bacterial cell. Among the options, DNA is the genetic material (in most bacteriophages; some have RNA but DNA is a common and key one taught in basic biology regarding phage - bacteria interaction). Proteins are part of the phage's capsid (the protein coat), hormones are not relevant as they are signaling molecules in multicellular organisms (not in phage - bacteria systems), and lipids are not the injected component as phages have a protein - based structure for the capsid (not lipid - based like some enveloped animal viruses).
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