lysogeny

English

Etymology

lyso- +‎ -geny

Noun

lysogeny (countable and uncountable, plural lysogenies)

  1. The incorporation of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage into that of a host bacterium; sometimes transmitted to daughter cells following lysis
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