Bacteriophage Definition

băk-tîrē-ə-fāj
bacteriophages
noun
bacteriophages
Any virus that infects bacteria.
Webster's New World
A virus that infects and lyses certain bacteria.
American Heritage Medicine

(microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria.

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Noun

Singular:
bacteriophage
Plural:
bacteriophages

Origin of Bacteriophage

  • Borrowing from French bactériophage, coined by microbiologist Félix d'Hérelle, from bacterio- (“bacteria”) +‎ -phage (“eater”).

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Bacteriophage Sentence Examples

  • Sources include bacteriophage lambda, salmon sperm and even cloned human DNA.

  • Delbrueck chose to use bacteriophage, viruses that infect bacteria and then can multiply very rapidly.

  • This exercise demonstrates the principles of restriction site mapping, using DNA from the lambda bacteriophage.

  • In fact, toxin production is related to infections of the bacillus itself with a particular bacteria virus called a phage (from bacteriophage, a virus that infects bacteria).

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Words Starting With

BBABAC

Words Ending With

EGEAGE

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