replicative form

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The form of a virus or bacterium involved in replication. For viruses, this refers to the situation in normally single-stranded DNA or RNA viruses in which they form a double-stranded form as a substrate for replication. For chlamydia, this is the replicative body.

13 – 3 The viral life cycle, early events
13 – 6 T4 is a large, lytic phage with a large double-stranded DNA genome
20 – 2 Chlamydia are intracellular pathogens that cause the most common forms of venereal disease

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