Prophage
noun, Microbiology.
1.
a stable, inherited form of bacteriophage in which the genetic material of the virus is integrated into, replicated, and expressed with the genetic material of the bacterial host.
noun
1.
a virus that exists in a bacterial cell and undergoes division with its host without destroying it Compare bacteriophage
prophage pro·phage (prō’fāj’)
n.
The latent form of a bacteriophage in which viral genes are incorporated into bacterial chromosomes disrupting the bacterial cell. Also called probacteriophage.
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