The consequence of an infection by a temperate bacteriophage is that the bacterial cell

A) lyses before it gets a chance to divide.
B) never lyses but continues to divide and replicate both the virus and the cell.
C) divides faster at moderate temperatures.
D) may lyse before it divides or may continue to divide and replicate both the virus and the cell.


Answer: D

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