bacteriophage (redirected from RNA bacteriophage)

bac·te·ri·o·phage  (bk-tîr--fj)

n.

A virus that infects and lyses certain bacteria.

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bac·teri·o·phagic (-fjk) adj.

bac·teri·opha·gy (-f-j) n.

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bacteriophage  (bk-tîr--fj)

A virus that infects and destroys bacterial cells.

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Noun

1.

bacteriophage - a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria; "phage uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria" phage virus - (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein coliphage - a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli typhoid bacteriophage - a bacteriophage specific for the bacterium Salmonella typhi