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Noun: lysogenicity
  1. The condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material
    "when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogenicity";
    - lysogeny

Derived forms: lysogenicities

Type of: condition

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Lysimachus
lysin
lysine
lysine intolerance
lysinemia
Lysippos
Lysippus
lysis
Lysoform
lysogenic
lysogenicity
lysogenisation
lysogenise
lysogenization
lysogenize
lysogeny
Lysol
lysosome
lysozyme
lyssa
lyssavirus