lysogenize
/laɪˈsɑdʒənaɪz/
verb
- To cause a bacterium to undergo lysogeny, where viral DNA becomes integrated into the bacterial genome without destroying the cell. (Alternate spelling of lysogenise.)
- The virus can lysogenize the host bacterium, allowing it to replicate silently.
- Under specific conditions, the phage will lysogenize the cell instead of killing it.
- Scientists study how bacteriophages lysogenize certain strains of E. coli.
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