adjective
- relating to or characterized by lysogeny, a process in which a bacteriophage integrates its genetic material into a host bacterial chromosome without immediately destroying the host cell
Usage: biology; microbiology
Examples
- The lysogenic cycle allows the virus to remain dormant within the bacterial cell.
- Lysogenic bacteria can carry viral DNA for many generations.
- The researcher studied lysogenic conversion in laboratory cultures.
- Some bacteriophages follow a lysogenic pathway rather than immediately killing their hosts.
- Lysogenic viruses integrate their genome into the host chromosome.
- The lysogenic state can be maintained until environmental stress triggers viral replication.