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LYSOGENICITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material
Example:
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; lysogeny
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("lysogenicity" is a kind of...):
condition (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing)
Derivation:
lysogenic (capable of producing or undergoing lysis)
lysogenic (of or relating to lysogeny)
