Usually means: Bacteriophage integrated into bacterial genome.
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  1. lysogen: Merriam-Webster
  2. lysogen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lysogen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lysogen: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lysogen: Wiktionary
  6. lysogen: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. lysogen: Dictionary.com
  8. Lysogen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. lysogen: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lysogen: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. lysogen: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)
  5. lysogen: Medical dictionary

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  1. Lysogen: Biology dictionary
  2. AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lysogen)

▸ noun:  (biology) A phage that can exist as a prophage within its host organism.

Similar:
pseudolysogeny, lysogenic cycle, bacteriophore, genophore, lysotype, phagotope, photogen, biophage, biotroph, hemibiotroph, more...

Opposite:
lytic, virulent, destructive

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Similar:
pseudolysogeny, lysogenic cycle, bacteriophore, genophore, lysotype, phagotope, photogen, biophage, biotroph, hemibiotroph, more...

Opposite:
lytic, virulent, destructive



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