defective bacteriophage

n.

A temperate bacteriophage mutant that cannot fully infect but that can replicate in the bacterial genome as a defective probacteriophage.

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Nearby words

disconcert, disconcerted, disconcerting, disconfirm, disconformable, defective bacteriophage, discongruity, disconnect, disconnected, disconnection, disconsolate

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