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.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé en microbiologie pour décrire le processus par lequel un bactériophage intègre son matériel génétique dans le génome de la bactérie hôte, devenant ainsi un prophage.

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.

   🇫🇷lysogéniser

   Synonymes: incorporateintegrate

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