prokaryotic cells and viruses

• binary fission:

  1. circular DNA and plasmids replicate
  2. cell membrane and cytoplasm elongate
  3. cell divides
• Lytic cycle:

  1. virus attaches to host cell
  2. injection of nucleic acid
  3. host cell synthesises viral particles
  4. cell assembles viral particles
  5. viral particles burst out of cell