An antibiotic is added to a culture of E. coli cells? Why or why not?
A) Yes, because the machinery inside the cells is most likely still active, even though the cells are no longer living. The virus could use that machinery to replicate new virus particles.
B) No, because the virus would depend too much on having the active machinery of a living cell for its replication. Without the ability of the cell to try to replace what is lost/damaged/used as the virus goes through its life cycle, the virus couldn't reproduce effectively.
C) Yes, because viruses are capable of reanimating dead cells to force them to produce more virus particles.
D) No, because entry of the virus into the target cell is dependent on the cell being alive to conduct endocytosis of the virus.
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