About the T4 bacteriophage

 The head or capsid of a T4 phage contains one kind of nucleic acid

and protein
 The tail is the tube in which the genetic code stored in the head,
travels down
 The contractile sheath
moves the nucleic acid
down tail and into the
bacteria cell
 The tail fibers and the
base plate help attach the
phage to the bacteria cell.
 T4 phages attach
themselves to E. coli
bacteria cells.
 The T4’s first job is to
attach itself to a bacteria cell.
 Once the T4 attaches itself, the genetic code is released through the
tail and into the bacteria cell.
 The bacteria is then forced to make copies of the T4 phages
 When the amount of T4s in a bacteria cell increase to the
maximum amount the cell can hold, the cell bursts and the T4 cells
are released.
 The process of attach and copy continues until all the cells are
destroyed.