lysogeny

Definitions of lysogeny
  1. noun
    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”
    synonyms: lysogenicity
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    a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
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