๐Ÿ”ฌ Lambdoid Phages

Phages that are able to class="bap-term">recombine with phage lambda, producing viable progeny.

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

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About this entry: Lambdoid Phages 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

phage.org/terms/lambdoid_phages.html  ·  Abedon’s Books  ·  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20173633

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Lambdoid Phages: Phages that are able to class="bap-term">recombine with phage lambda, producing viable progeny.

Discussion

<p>From Stahl (1989), p. 245, "I later suggested (STAHL 1967) that recombination between lambdoid phages in nature may occur most frequently between a prophage and a heteroimmune superinfecting phage."

From the glossary of Hershey (1971), p. 775, this is a definition of "Lambdoid": "Related to λ (said of a group of phages able to form recombinants with λ)."

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References

  • Hershey (ed.) (1971). The Bacteriophage Lambda. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

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

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