lysogenesis Bacteriology.
(laɪsəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs)
[f. lyso- + -genesis.]
Orig., the production of lysis or a lysin; in mod. use = lysogeny.
| 1901 Lancet 19 Oct. 1031/1 Agglutination..is not concerned in lysogenesis, which is a function of the action of immune body to addiment alone. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 68/1 It has been completely established that in this phenomenon of lysogenesis [sc. dissolution of bacterial cells] there are two substances concerned, one specially developed or developed in excess, and the other present in normal serum. 1932 Jrnl. Path. & Bacteriol. XXXV. 855 The use of B. sanguinarium as an indicator of lysogenesis arose out of previous work..on the characteristics of a lysogenic enteritidis strain. Ibid. 862 The phenomenon of lysogenesis. 1951 Jrnl. Bacteriol. LXII. 293 (heading) Studies on lysogenesis. I. The mode of phage liberation by lysogenic Escherichia coli. Ibid., The stable association of a bacteriophage with a bacterial strain, known as lysogenesis, has received scarce attention. 1968 A. L. Smith Microbiol. & Path. (ed. 9) xxvi. 278/1 This kind of phage is referred to as a prophage, and this condition of mutual tolerance is termed lysogeny or lysogenesis. |