LYSOGENESIS Definition & Meaning

lysogenesis

[ lahy-suh-jen-uh-sis ]

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noun

Microbiology.

production of a lysogen.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of lysogenesis¹

First recorded in 1900–05; lyso(gen) + -genesis

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It has been completely established that in this phenomenon of lysogenesis there are two substances concerned, one specially developed or developed in excess, and the other present in normal serum.

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The development of the immune body with specific combining affinity thus presents an analogy to antitoxin production, the difference being that in lysogenesis another substance is necessary to complete the process.

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