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pseudolysogeny

pseudolysogeny noun: an interaction between a phage and a host cell in which the nucleic acid of the phage remains dormant.

Noun

pseudolysogeny (uncountable)

  1. An interaction between a phage and a host cell in which the nucleic acid of the phage remains dormant.
    • In pseudolysogeny, the host cell can mutate to an adhesion-impaired or deficient state (depicted by a wavy cell surface), whereby collisions result in a low success rate of infection.2001, John Paul, Marine Microbiology, page 106

Origin of pseudolysogeny

From pseudo- + lysogeny.

Questions about pseudolysogeny

What does pseudolysogeny mean?
Pseudolysogeny means an interaction between a phage and a host cell in which the nucleic acid of the phage remains dormant.
What part of speech is pseudolysogeny?
Pseudolysogeny is a noun.

Words near pseudolysogeny in the dictionary

  1. pseudolysin
  2. pseudolysins
  3. pseudolysogen
  4. pseudolysogenic
  5. pseudolysogens
  6. pseudolysogeny
  7. Pseudomacedonism
  8. pseudomagnetic
  9. pseudomagnitude
  10. pseudomagnitudes
  11. pseudomalachite

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