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lysogen, n. Microbiol.|ˈlaɪsədʒən|
[Back-formation f. lysogenic a.]
A lysogenic bacterium, phage, or prophage.
1958Virology V. 275 It is concluded that in lambda double lysogens both prophages establish and maintain a definite orientation with respect to one another. 1969A. M. Campbell Episomes i. 1 Each natural lysogen produces a single type, or a limited number of types, of phage particles. 1980Nature 3 Jan. 104/2 This indicated that they were lysogens of λcam105 since the parental strains showed unimpaired growth at 42° C. 1987Ibid. 11 June 465/1 Whether a phage multiplies and lyses an infected bacterium or integrates into its chromosome as a silent passenger (lysogen) is a decision that rests on differences..in the binding affinities of two proteins..for their operator sites. |