how is the viral nucleic acid core different from the nucleic acid of the bacterial host

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how is the viral nucleic acid core different from the nucleic acid of the bacterial host
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the viral nucleic acid contains codes for viral proteins, and can insert itself into the genome of the bacterial host to take over its function. The nucleic acid of the bacterial host goes from making bacterial proteins to producing proteins to make the virueses, which it will do until it lyses (explodes) in the lytic cycle