verb
- undergoing or causing the process of lysogeny, in which a virus integrates its genetic material into a host cell's chromosome and replicates along with it
Usage: biology; microbiology; technical
Examples
- The bacteriophage is lysogenizing the bacterial cell by inserting its DNA into the host genome.
- When a temperate phage begins lysogenizing, it enters a dormant state within the chromosome.
- Scientists observed the virus lysogenizing multiple bacterial strains in the laboratory culture.
- The lysogenizing process allows the viral DNA to be passed to daughter cells during cell division.
- Certain viruses are capable of lysogenizing their hosts without immediately destroying them.