keyesrussell Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Short question: Just studying prokaryotic genomes and read about prophages but saw them elsewhere referred to as cryptic prophages. Are they the same thing? If not, what is the difference between them? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 A cryptic prophage is defective and typically lost the ability to form a full virus. They may have mutated to the point of not being easily recognizable as phages anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyesrussell Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 Thanks that's a great help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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