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lysogenic
[ lahy-suh-jen-ik ]
adjective
, Microbiology.
- harboring a temperate virus as a prophage or plasmid.
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Example Sentences
The new virus is lysogenic, which means it invades and replicates inside its host, but usually without killing the bacterial cell.
From Science Daily
This behavior is known as the lysogenic cycle, in contrast to the lytic cycle in which a virus copies itself before bursting out of its host cell and destroying it.
From Salon
Viruses with this quality are called lysogenic phages.
From Washington Post
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