lytic infection

noun

The infection of a bacterium by a bacteriophage with subsequent production of more phage particles, and lysis of the cell.

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Meanings

nounlytic infection (countable and uncountable, plural lytic infections)

plural lytic infections

  1. countableuncountableThe infection of a bacterium by a bacteriophage with subsequent production of more phage particles, and lysis of the cell.
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