๐Ÿ”ฌ Lysate

A bacterial culture that has been subject to phage-induced lysis and that typically contains so-released free phages.

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

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About this entry: Lysate 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/lysate.html  ·  Abedon’s Books  ·  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20173633

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Lysate: A bacterial culture that has been subject to phage-induced lysis and that typically contains so-released free phages.

Discussion

<p>The term "crude lysate" refers to such class="bap-term">cultures so long as they have been subject to either no or only minimal phage purification and, as a consequence, crude lysates can contain substantial amounts of bacterial lysis products, such as endotoxin.

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

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