๐Ÿ”ฌ Lysogenic Infection

A reductive infection that class="bap-term">results in ongoing phage genome replication, as a prophage, and specifically does not involve virion production except following subsequent prophage induction.

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

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About this entry: Lysogenic Infection 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/lysogenic_infection.html  ·  Abedon’s Books  ·  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20173633

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Lysogenic Infection: A reductive infection that class="bap-term">results in ongoing phage genome replication, as a prophage, and specifically does not involve virion production except following subsequent prophage induction.

Discussion

<p>Note that lysogenic infections should not be equated with "temperate-phage infections" since temperate phages, by definition, are capable of not only lysogenic infections but productive infections as well, with the latter often more prevalent than the former (e.g., cultures to which temperate phages have been added often lyse).

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

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