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lysogeny

American

[lahy-soj-uh-nee] / laɪˈsɒdʒ ə ni /

noun

Microbiology.

the state of being lysogenic.

lysogeny British

/ laɪˈsɒdʒənɪ /

noun

the biological process in which a bacterium is infected by a bacteriophage that integrates its DNA into that of the host such that the host is not destroyed

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lysogenic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of lysogeny

First recorded in 1955–60; lyso(genic) + -geny

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Even though there are similarities between lysogeny and latency, the term lysogenic cycle is usually reserved to describe bacteriophages.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The lysogenic cycle can theoretically produce more virions as the reproductive cycle of viruses undergoing lysogeny is much faster than the reproductive cycle of viruses following lytic cycle.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

If my organelles are really symbiotic bacteria, colonizing me, what’s to prevent them from catching a virus, or if they have such a thing as lysogeny, from conveying a phage to other organelles?

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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