1. Plural of lysogeny; the state or process in which a bacteriophage (virus) integrates its DNA into a bacterial host cell's chromosome and replicates along with it without destroying the host.
Usage: technical; biology; microbiology

Examples

• The lysogenies observed in these bacterial strains demonstrated stable integration of viral DNA.
• Researchers studied multiple lysogenies to understand how temperate phages establish persistent infections.
• Different lysogenies can result in varying phenotypic changes in the host bacteria.
• The lysogenies were maintained through successive bacterial cell divisions.
• Scientists compared the lysogenies of lambda phage in different bacterial species.