🔬 Burst

Phage-induced lysis of a class="bap-term">bacterial cell resulting, in most instances, in liberation of number of phage progeny virions.

by Stephen T. Abedon Ph.D. (abedon.1@osu.edu)

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About this entry: Burst is one of a growing set of phage biology and phage therapy terms defined here. For more phage terms, see Abedon, S.T. (2025). Phage Therapy Annotated Glossary. Preprints.org. 10.20944/preprints202508.0347.v1

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Burst: Phage-induced lysis of a class="bap-term">bacterial cell resulting, in most instances, in liberation of number of phage progeny virions.

Discussion

<p>This is the definition from Adams (1959), p. 439: "Yield of phage liberated by spontaneous lysis of an infected bacterium. This may be measured directly for isolated bacteria in single burst experiments, or as an average burst size in one-step growth experiments. Also the act of liberation."

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References

Adams (1959). Bacteriophages. Interscience Publishers, New York.

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Abedon, S.T. (2026). Phage Terms. https://terms.phage.org · 10.5281/zenodo.20173633

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