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#Question id: 40465


During the Penetration phase of a typical T-even bacteriophage infection, which of the following events occurs?

#Applied Microbiology
  1. The entire viral particle is engulfed by the bacterial cell via endocytosis
  2. The viral capsid remains outside the cell, and only the viral genome is injected into the cytoplasm. 
  3. The viral envelope fuses with the bacterial cell membrane. 
  4.  The virus remains dormant on the surface without injecting any material.