Lytic Infection: A phage infection that destroys – i.e. lyses – its host class="bap-term">cell at the end of its latent period to release intracellular phage progeny.
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lytic infection either does or does not follow a
lysogenic infection, depending on
phage as well as circumstances. To distinguish these two possibilities, one can employ the terms "induced
lytic infection" and "immediate lytic infection", respectively. (Or, alternatively, "induced lytic cycle" and "immediate lytic cycle".) Just as with the concept of
lytic cycle, the
wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambiguity" target="_blank" class="bap-term">ambiguity that comes with the idea of a lytic
infection stems from how those
infections begin, i.
e., following
induction versus following
adsorption. Therefore, if there is any potential for confusion then then the concept should be qualified, such as in terms of "induced" versus "immediate".
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