If a virus enters the lytic phase in a host's cell,it will cause
A)the host cell to reject the virus.
B)the host cell to shrink because of the loss of cytoplasm that has been used in the synthesis of viral DNA.
C)the host cell to burst because there will be so many viral particles present.
D)the host cell to replicate itself at a higher than normal frequency.
E)the host cell to initiate an attack on the virus.

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The lytic phase is the reproductive cycle of virulent phages, resulting in the destruction of the infected host cell. During this process, the host cell is forced to produce numerous copies of the virus, and eventually, the infected host cell ruptures (lyses) to release the newly produced viruses into the surrounding medium. Therefore, the answer is C, the host cell will burst because there will be so many viral particles present.

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