๐Ÿ”ฌ Infected Bacteria

Cells to which phages have successfully adsorbed.

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

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About this entry: Infected Bacteria 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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Infected Bacteria: Cells to which phages have successfully adsorbed.

Discussion

<p>Note that infection here can be seen a relative concept. Thus, especially, a bacterium that harbors a prophage, that is, a bacterial lysogen, can still be described as an uninfected bacterium until adsorbed and subsequently infected by an additional phage, thereby resulting in a lysogen that is only now regarded as an infected bacterium (though which also can be described as superinfected).

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

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