1. the quality or state of being lysogenic; the ability of a bacteriophage to integrate its DNA into a host bacterial chromosome and remain dormant before being activated.
Usage: technical; microbiology

Examples

• The lysogenicity of the phage allowed it to persist in the bacterial population without immediately destroying the host cells.
• Researchers studied the lysogenicity of different bacteriophages to understand how they establish latent infections.
• The lysogenicity of this particular virus makes it difficult to eliminate from contaminated cultures.
• Scientists can induce the lysogenicity of dormant phages by exposing them to UV radiation.
• The degree of lysogenicity varies among different strains of the same bacteriophage species.