lysogenize

A verb used in microbiology to describe the process by which a bacteriophage integrates its genetic material into the host bacterium's genome, becoming a prophage.

• 🇩🇪Verb aus der Mikrobiologie, das den Vorgang beschreibt, bei dem ein Bakteriophage sein genetisches Material in das Genom der Wirtsbakterie einbaut und dadurch als Prophage in den lysogenen Zyklus übergeht.

1. Integrate into bacterial genome C2 formal scientific

   To become integrated into the genome of a bacterium, typically referring to a bacteriophage (virus) that incorporates its genetic material into the host bacterium's DNA.

   • The temperate phage can lysogenize the host bacterium, becoming a prophage.
   • Scientists observed how the virus lysogenizes the bacterial cell, altering its genetic makeup.
   • Under certain conditions, the phage will lysogenize rather than lyse the cell.

   🇩🇪lysogenisieren

   Synonyme: incorporateintegrate

• lysogenized past participle
• lysogenized past simple
• lysogenizing present participle
• lysogenizes third person singular