Sometimes when a virus attacks a bacterium, neither the virus multiplies nor the bacterium dies. This pkhenomenon is called as

Options

A. Adsorption
B. Assimilation
C. Lysogeny
D. Viral stability

Answer

C

Explanation

Lysogeny is characterized by integration of the bacteriophage nucleic acid into the host bacterium genome or formation of a circular replicon in the bacterial cytoplasm. In this when a virus attacks a bacterium neither the virus multiplies nor the bacterium dies.