lysogenic
adjective
ly·so·gen·ic
ˌlī-sə-ˈje-nik 
1
: harboring a prophage as hereditary material
lysogenic bacteria
2
: temperate sense 3
lysogenic viruses
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This is the lysogenic cycle, an altogether stealthier approach to making more phages.
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Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2011
For the new bladder phage study, Putonti and colleagues at Loyola focused on the more complex lysogenic phages in urine.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2018
Additionally, phages can cause different types of infections, typically either lytic or lysogenic.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2018
In lysogenic infections, phages invade bacterial cells but then sneak their genetic code into that of the bacterium’s, sometimes disrupting genes.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2018
Viruses with this quality are called lysogenic phages.
—Marlene Cimons, Washington Post, 2 July 2017
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Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2011
For the new bladder phage study, Putonti and colleagues at Loyola focused on the more complex lysogenic phages in urine.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2018
Additionally, phages can cause different types of infections, typically either lytic or lysogenic.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2018
In lysogenic infections, phages invade bacterial cells but then sneak their genetic code into that of the bacterium’s, sometimes disrupting genes.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2018
Viruses with this quality are called lysogenic phages.
—Marlene Cimons, Washington Post, 2 July 2017
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lysogenic
adjective
ly·so·gen·ic
ˌlī-sə-ˈjen-ik
1
: harboring a prophage as hereditary material
lysogenic bacteria
2
: temperate sense 2
lysogenic viruses
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