alleryStart learning →A myovirus injects its DNA into bacteria by
Amembrane budding
Bdissolving the capsid
Creceptor endocytosis
Dcontracting its tail
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. contracting its tail
After irreversible binding the tail contracts like a syringe and injects the genome through the bacterial membrane.
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