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Noun: lysogeny
  1. The condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material
    "when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny";
    - lysogenicity

Derived forms: lysogenies

Type of: condition

Encyclopedia: Lysogeny

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