lysogeny

Letters that make lysogeny

s, o, e, g, l, n, y are letters that make 'lysogeny'

Words within lysogeny

gen, en, so, NY, Ge are words within 'lysogeny'

1 possible definitions for 'lysogeny'

Lysogeny as "the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material"

Under this definition, lysogeny is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

lysogenicity has the same meaning as lysogeny

lysogeny as a type

'lysogeny' can be a type of condition.

Derivatives of lysogeny

lysogenic are derivatives of 'lysogeny'.

Example of lysogeny used within this context

"when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny"


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