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bacteriophage Biol.|bækˈtɪərɪəʊfeɪdʒ, -fɑːʒ|
[ad. F. bactériophage (F. d'Herelle 1917, in Comptes Rendus CLXV. 375), f. as bacteriolysis + -phage.]
A minute organism or agent which destroys bacteria. Hence ˌbacteriˈophagy, the action of a bacteriophage; bacˌterioˈphagal, -ˈphagic adjs., of, pertaining to, or having the action of a bacteriophage. Cf. phage.
1921Chem. Abstr. 3319 The bacteriophage of Herelle. 1922Lancet 2 Sept. 515/1 Acting in an attenuated state in young, actively growing, surface cultures, the bacteriophagic principle produces bare areas amidst the growth, which are analogous to colonies and are to be looked upon as colonies of the bacteriophage. 1924Chem. Abstr. 4173 Bacteriophagy. 1926G. H. Smith tr. d'Herelle's Bacteriophage 5 This..gave a new proof that the dissolving principle actually regenerated in the course of the action. Further, it demonstrated that the principle was condensed in the form of active particles. It is to this principle that I have given the name Bacteriophage; the phenomenon of bacterial solution caused by it being termed Bacteriophagy. Ibid. 6 To attempt to reconcile ‘bacteriolysis’ and ‘bacteriophagy’, making them identical and co-extensive is a scientific absurdity. 1927Lancet 10 Sept. 536/1 According to Bail, bacteriophagal action is due to the formation of minute (filter-passing) fragments from the bacterial cells. 1943Times 29 Apr. 2/2 Minute organisms called bacteriophages, which destroy bacteria, have been rendered visible for the first time. 1944Electronic Engin. XVI. 420 Another intestinal bacillus..is seen being attacked by a crowd of small bacteriophages, the anti-bodies present in the human system that are able to defeat infection. 1957New Scientist 9 May 12/1 Once inside the bacterium the nucleic acid of the bacteriophage initiates a process which culminates in the production of 100–200 new bacteriophage particles. |