There are two reasons. 1. Presence of natural immunity 2. Immunity to superinfection Bacteria have defense mechanisms to combat phage infection. This comprises of restriction endonuclease system, the enzyme system which modifies the host DNA and specifically recognize and cleave the exogenous DNA. When a phage infects, only its genome is injected into the host cell. The injected DNA is recognized by the host restriction endonuclease system and is cleaved into fragments. The other reason is that immunity to superinfection. If a lysogenic phage infects a host cell, it integrates into genome into the host chromosome. At the same time, it also prevents the host from being infected by another lysogenic phage. The accumulation of cI protein in the host due to the existing prophage prevents infection by other phages. Some other reasons for resistance are lack of a receptor that facilitates the entry of the phage, lack of supporting machinery for the phage replication. Solution There are two reasons. 1. Presence of natural immunity 2. Immunity to superinfection Bacteria have defense mechanisms to combat phage infection. This comprises of restriction endonuclease system, the enzyme system which modifies the host DNA and specifically recognize and cleave the exogenous DNA. When a phage infects, only its genome is injected into the host cell. The injected DNA is recognized by the host restriction endonuclease system and is cleaved into fragments. The other reason is that immunity to superinfection. If a lysogenic phage infects a host cell, it integrates into genome into the host chromosome. At the same time, it also prevents the host from being infected by another lysogenic phage. The accumulation of cI protein in the host due to the existing prophage prevents infection by other phages. Some other reasons for resistance are lack of a receptor that facilitates the entry of the phage, lack of supporting machinery for the phage replication..