| lysogenic | (adj) of or relating to lysogeny |
| lysogenic | (adj) capable of producing or undergoing lysis |
| lysogenization | (n) the process by which a bacterium acquires a phage that becomes integrated into its genome, Syn. lysogenisation |
| lysogenize | (v) become integrated into the genome of (a bacterium) |
| lysogeny | (n) the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material, Syn. lysogenicity, Example: when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny |