Don't worry, it should be. Your epidermis is the top part of your skin, and your skin is your body's largest and fastest-growing organ. Skin is your body's coat. It protects you. It helps you stay warm when it's cold, and cool when it's hot. Your skin keeps all your insides in, from your heart and lungs to your blood and muscles.
In the other population of cells, the injected phage chromosome turns OFF all the phage genes except one. The single phage chromosome called the prophage now becomes a part of the host chromosome. The bacterium carrying the dormant phage chromosome is called the lysogen.
These phages also require a bacterial host in order to replicate themselves. Bacterial viruses, as these are also often called, are made up of proteins that coat an inner core of nucleic acid â either DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) or RNA (ribonucleic acid).lso known as phage therapy, this method involves the use of a phage to destroy the infective bacteria such as E. coli or salmonella. Bacteriophage is also used in identifying pathogenic bacteria (also called phage typing) in diagnostic laboratories.