lysogeny
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ly·sog·e·ny
(lī-sŏj′ə-nē)n.
The fusion of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage with that of a host bacterium so that the potential exists for the newly integrated genetic material to be transmitted to daughter cells at each subsequent cell division.
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lysogeny
(laɪˈsɒdʒənɪ)n
(Microbiology) the biological process in which a bacterium is infected by a bacteriophage that integrates its DNA into that of the host such that the host is not destroyed
lysogenic adj
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Noun | 1. | lysogeny - the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material; "when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny" condition - a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition" |
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