Question

Eight mutant bacteriophage strains cannot lyse a certain type of bacteria that can be lysed by wild-type bacteriophages. The mutant strains were allowed to infect the bacteria in a complementation test. A"+ indicates that lysis occurred with coinfection. A -indicates that lysis did not occur A cistron is defined by no complementation in the configuration. How many genes are controlling lysis in this bacteriophage? (Use a number not a word in the space) Which of the following strains below are defective in the same gene as strain M? Answer yes if the strain is defective or no if it is not Strainl Defective N/A

Please explain!

Answer 1

2) 14