1. What are some differences between the lytic and lysogenic life cycles of viruses?
What impact does each life cycle have on the replication rate of a virus? What impact does each have on the reproduction of a virus’ host cell?
2. What are the plaque assay and virus growth curve: how can they be used to measure the burst size of a single virus infection cycle?
How can you use these assays to distinguish between the lytic and lysogenic life cycles? Or characterize T4 virus lysozyme mutants?