ly·sog·e·nize

(lī-sŏj′ĭ-nīz′)

tr.v. ly·sog·e·nized, ly·sog·e·niz·ing, ly·sog·e·niz·es

To make lysogenic.

ly·sog′e·ni·za′tion (-nĭ-zā′shən) n.

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lysogenization

(laɪˌsɒdʒənaɪˈzeɪʃən) or

lysogenisation

(Microbiology) the process of a bacterium becoming lysogenic

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lysogenization - the process by which a bacterium acquires a phage that becomes integrated into its genome

lysogenisation

biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms

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References in periodicals archive

(12) There are two major outcomes of bacteriophage behavior in an infected bacterial cell: lysogenization and bacteriolysis.

Molecular and genomic characterization of pathogenic traits of group A Streptococcus pyogenes

A 3-fragment difference suggests that 1 isolate was a variant of the other (Figure); the variant may have arisen through lysogenization with the phage.

Characterization of Shigella sonnei isolate carrying Shiga toxin 2-producing gene

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