Talk:Lytic cycle

Untitled

question: is this supposed to say "as a"? "In the lytic cycle, the viral DNA exist separate free floating molecule..." (I am trying to sign this-laurel) 67.60.86.59 (talk) 00:32, 6 November 2020 (UTC) 67.60.86.59 (talk) 00:31, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Suggestion: As a color weakness, I cannot see the red viral segment in the plasmid circle in the first figure. Please consider change the color theme. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.171.232.10 (talk) 09:21, 9 February 2015 (UTC) I do not think that the virus has to release toxins as part of the lytic cycle, only it's genetic material (DNA or RNA) and sometimes some proteins.

The two lifecycles are somewhat interchangable. It's hardly original research. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.32.126.16 (talk) 11:21, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Removed image

Just noting that a recently removed image was the subject of/questioned by this Reddit thread. See this comment for the specific inaccuracies alleged:

If you look at the picture in wikipedia the step that is shown in the middle that is shared by the two cycles shows the bacterium’s genome already integrated with the Phage’s genetic material (which is represented by the step 3B only in the lysogenic cycle in the correct picture that I uploaded here) and, as I mentioned in the post, this doesen’t happen during the lytic cycle but only in the lysogenic cycle. The correct picture shows instead the phage genetic material seperated from the genome which is what actually happens

Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 22:00, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

Bacteriophage specific or more general?

I noticed pages for non-bacteriophages like herpes simplex virus linking here (via “lytic”), but this page seems to suggest it’s bacteriophage specific terminology. I don’t know if the link is wrong, or if this page is phrasing things too narrowly, but it’d be nice if someone who knows this subject clarified the articles somehow. Thank you! Pabnau (talk) 17:41, 2 June 2026 (UTC)