Lysogenize (Verb)
Meaning
Become integrated into the genome of (a bacterium).
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The bacteriophage was able to lysogenize its host, integrating its own genetic material into the bacterial genome.
- The viral genome can either lyse the host cell or lysogenize it, resulting in the formation of a prophage.
- When a bacteriophage infects a bacterium, it can either immediately start producing new virus particles or lysogenize the host and remain dormant.
- This stage of the viral life cycle allows the phage to lysogenize the host and become a part of the bacterial genome.
- The phage's ability to lysogenize its host has significant implications for the evolution of bacterial resistance to antibiotics.