lysogeny, n.
(lysogenies)
(lysogenies)
the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material
<noun.state>
lysogenicity lysogeny
sample sentences
"when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny"
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