Difference between Retrovirus and Bacteriophage
Difference between Retrovirus and Bacteriophage are in tabular form below –
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Retrovirus |
Bacteriophage |
Meaning |
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1. | Retrovirus is a virus which contain DNA polymerase enzyme. | Bacteriophage is a virus which mainly infect bacteria. |
Biosynthesis |
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2. | In the DNA viruses, biosynthesis takes place in the nucleus. AND In the RNA viruses, biosynthesis takes place in the cytoplasm. | In this group of viruses, biosynthesis takes place in the cytoplasm. |
Transcriptase enzyme |
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3. | In the retroviruses, reverse transcriptase enzyme is present. | In the Bacteriophage, reverse transcriptase enzyme is absent. |
Single or double Stranded |
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4. | The retrovirus is composed of single stranded positive sense RNA. | The Bacteriophage is composed of Single stranded or Double stranded RNA or DNA genome. |
Attached |
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5. | In this retrovirus, it is attached to the plasma membrane proteins and glycoproteins. | In the bacteriophage, tail fibers are attached to the cell wall proteins. |
Capsid uncoating |
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6. | In the retrovirus, capsid uncoating is required. | In the bacteriophage, capsid uncoating is not required. |