Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A virus that infects and lyses certain bacteria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a virus which infects bacteria; -- also colloquially called
phage in laboratory jargon.
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- noun microbiology, virology A
virus that specificallyinfects bacteria .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria
Etymologies
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In 1917 Felix d'Herelle created the term bacteriophage to describe viruses that could infect bacteria.
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In 1917 Felix d'Herelle created the term bacteriophage to describe viruses that could infect bacteria.
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In 1917 Felix d'Herelle created the term bacteriophage to describe viruses that could infect bacteria.
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The clincher for me was an optional evening laboratory in bacteriophage genetics taught by Bob Edgar and Charlie Steinberg.
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T4 is a bacteria-eating virus called a bacteriophage, or phage for short.
When Viruses Attack 2004
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It thus appeared that the development of the prophage into bacteriophage is a mortal disease.
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The bacteriophage is "liberated" only if the bacterium is
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The bacteriophage is not a materialized hereditary property, and
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The DNA of the temperate bacteriophage is a circular - that is, closed - structure.
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Around 1940 Delbrück, Hershey and Luria became interested in bacteriophage, a type of virus that infects bacteria, rather than ordinary cells.
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