See Also: lysogenic(dictionary)
lysogenic(medicine)
lysogenic virus(medicine)
lysogenic strain(medicine)
lysogenic pathway(medicine)
lysogenic infection(medicine)
lysogenic induction(medicine)
lysogenic conversion(medicine)
lysogenic bacterium(medicine)
lysogenic bacteria(medicine)

lysogenic (iou)



lysogenic adjective. L19.
[from LYSO- + -GENIC.]
Biology. Of or pertaining to lysis; capable of producing or undergoing lysis; spec. (of a bacterium) capable, without being attacked by a phage, of lysing and liberating a phage normally integrated with the bacterial genome.
lysogenicity noun = lysogeny M20.
lysogeni'zation noun the process of lysogenizing a bacterium M20.
ly'sogenize verb trans. (of a phage) become stably integrated into the genome of (a bacterium) M20.
ly'sogeny noun the property of being lysogenic; the lysis of a lysogenic bacterium with the subsequent release of phage: M20.