It is very important to study lambda biology as lambda phages are used for cloning purposes. Which of the statement is true for lambda phage?

Correct Answer: It is an example of temperate phage
Lambda phage is a temperate phage and its fate is decided as it infects the cell. It can be either be lytic or lysogenic in nature. Lytic phage is that which infects the cell and it is lysed whereas lysogenic phage is that in which phage genome is inserted into the bacterial genome and is replicated along with it.