The plaque morphology of wild type and rll mutants of T4 bacteriophage following infection of different E. coli strains is summarized below.
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E. coli strain |
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T4 phage strain |
B |
K |
|
wild type |
Small and ragged |
Small and ragged |
|
rll mutants |
Large and round |
No plaques |
The following two experiments were carried out:
Experiment I: Co-infection of two independent rll mutants on E. coli K strain resulted in several plaques, all being small and ragged.
Experiment II: E. coli B strain was co-infected with the above rII mutants. T4 phages from the resulting plaques were used to infect E. coli K strain. Few plaques were obtained, which were all small and ragged.
Based on the observations, the following statements were made:
A. Experiment I indicates that the two mutants are allelic.
B. Experiment II indicates that the wild type T4 phages that infected E. coli K strain resulted from a recombination event.
C. In experiment II, if the T4 phage isolated from the E. coli B strain was used to infect E. coli B strain, all plaques would be large and round.
Which one of the following options is a combination of all correct statements?