1. containing integrated viral DNA (a prophage) within the bacterial chromosome; capable of producing viruses under certain conditions
Usage: microbiology; technical

1. past tense and past participle of lysogenize; to convert (a bacterium) into a lysogen by integration of viral DNA into its chromosome
Usage: microbiology; technical

Examples

• The lysogenized bacteria carried dormant viral genes in their DNA.
• When the researchers lysogenized the bacterial strain, it gained resistance to certain antibiotics.
• Lysogenized cells can suddenly produce viruses if exposed to UV radiation.
• The lysogenized mutant displayed new phenotypic traits inherited from the integrated phage.
• Scientists lysogenized the culture to study how prophages affect bacterial evolution.
• A lysogenized population may remain stable until environmental stress triggers viral replication.