The prasinovirus which infects the green alga Ostreococcus only produces 6-15 virus particles per infectious cycle.Which of the following explains why the burst size is so small?
A) The host cell is not big enough to hold any more virus particles without lysing.
B) The host cell has a hard outer coating that makes it difficult for virus particles to leave the cell.
C) The host cell dies too quickly to allow more virus particles to be produced.
D) The cell does not contain enough raw materials to allow production of any more virions.
E) The host cell produces an inhibitor that halts viral DNA replication after the first few virus genomes are produced.
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