pseudolysogeny
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pseudolysogeny (uncountable)
- (biology) An interaction between a phage and a host cell in which the nucleic acid of the phage remains dormant.
- 2001, John Paul, Marine Microbiology, page 106:
- In pseudolysogeny, the host cell can mutate to an adhesion-impaired or deficient state (depicted by a wavy cell surface), whereby collisions result in a low success rate of infection.