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.

• 🇪🇸Verbo usado en microbiología para describir el proceso por el cual un bacteriófago integra su material genético en el genoma de la bacteria huésped, convirtiéndose en un profago.

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.

   🇪🇸lisogenizar

   Sinónimos: incorporateintegrate

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