1. to cause (a bacterium) to become lysogenic; to integrate viral DNA into a bacterial chromosome
Usage: chiefly British spelling (American: lysogenizes); technical term in microbiology and virology

Examples

• The temperate phage lysogenises the bacterial cell by integrating its DNA into the host chromosome.
• When a lysogenic virus lysogenises a bacterium, the viral genes become part of the bacterial genome.
• Researchers observed that the lambda phage lysogenises E. coli under certain laboratory conditions.
• The process by which a virus lysogenises a host cell is fundamental to understanding bacterial genetics.