💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Prophage"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| phagenoun | (microbiology, virology) A virus that is parasitic on bacteria. |
| phagemidnoun | A phage whose genome contains a plasmid that can be removed during the infection of a host with a second, "helper" phage. |
| provirophagenoun | A virophage of a provirus. |
| provirusnoun | (virology) A virus genome, such as HIV, that integrates itself into the DNA of a host cell so as to be passively replicated along with the host genome. |
| megaphagenoun | A large form of bacteriophage |
| bacteriophagenoun | (microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria. |
| host cellnoun | (biology) A living cell which harbours an infectious agent (such as a virus or bacterium). |
| phage therapynoun | (medicine) The therapeutic use of lytic bacteriophages to treat pathogenic bacterial infections. |
| homoimmunitynoun | immunity of a bacterium to infection by a phage of the same kind as that carried in the prophage state |
| mycobacteriophagenoun | (biology) Any bacteriophage that infects mycobacteria |
| phagotypenoun | A strain of bacterium that is sensitive to a certain bacteriophage. |
| lytic infectionnoun | The infection of a bacterium by a bacteriophage with subsequent production of more phage particles, and lysis of the cell. |
| viropexisnoun | (biology) The process whereby certain viruses become attached to a cell surface membrane and are incorporated into the host cell. |
| bacteriovirusnoun | (biology) Synonym of bacteriophage. |
| proviromenoun | The genomes of all the proviruses that inhabit a particular organism or environment |
| endopathogennoun | (biology) A pathogen that lives inside its host, typically until the host is dead |
| campylophagenoun | (microbiology, virology) A virus that is parasitic on bacteria of the genus Campylobacter. |
| virophagenoun | (virology) Any virus that infects other viruses. |
| virioplasmnoun | Alternative form of viroplasm. [An inclusion body, in a cell, in which viral replication/assembly occurs] |
| enterophagenoun | A phage that infects the bacterium Enterococcus faecalis in the human intestines |
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