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Temperate phage

Definition noun, plural: temperate phages A bacteriophage that displays lysogenic life cycle in contrast to virulent phage... Read More

Bacteriophage

Definition noun, plural: bacteriophages A virus capable of infecting a bacterial cell, and may cause lysis to its host... Read More

Defective bacteriophage

Defective bacteriophage a temperate bacteriophage mutant whose genome does not contain all of the normal components and... Read More